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WatchGuard Technologies | kA16S00000110poSAA
Policy Manager requires global default gateway configuration with wireless as an external interface on T25/T45
Last update date:
5/12/2023
Affected products:
Firebox T25
Firebox T45
Affected releases:
All
Fireware
12.x
12.0.x
12.1.x
12.1
12.1.1
12.1.3
12.10.x
12.2.x
12.3.x
12.4.x
Fixed releases:
v12.10
Description:
Issue
On Firebox T25-W and T45-W-PoE devices, you might be prompted to configure a global default gateway setting when you configure the external interface as a wireless client. The global default gateway should only be required when the Firebox is configured in drop-in mode or when no external interfaces are configured.Because Policy Manager does not recognize the wireless interface as an external interface, it requires the global default gateway setting because no physical interfaces are configured as the external interface.
Workaround/Solution
From Network > Interfaces, enter the wireless interface gateway IP address into the default gateway configuration setting.If you do not know the default gateway IP address, enter a random IP address that does not exist on any connected interface. The global default gateway configuration takes priority over the wireless external interface. When you enter a random IP address that is not part of any attached interface, the ARP lookup fails, and the global default gateway is not be added to the routing table.
