Static WAN IP and Route help

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I have never used a static IP for wan… usually just PPPoE. However I have used statics on other gear. I added the IP to the WAN interface. Pinging from the terminal, I get a “no route”. So I add one and get ping time outs.

I was given an IP of x.x.98.146 and a GW of x.x.98.145 (i.e. /30).

Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic 
 #   ADDRESS            NETWORK         BROADCAST       INTERFACE              
 0   ;;; hotspot network
     192.168.8.1/24     192.168.8.0     192.168.8.255   ether2                 
 1   1.1.98.146/30    1.1.98.144    1.1.98.147    WAN




Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic, 
C - connect, S - static, r - rip, b - bgp, o - ospf, m - mme, 
B - blackhole, U - unreachable, P - prohibit 
 #      DST-ADDRESS        PREF-SRC        GATEWAY            DISTANCE
 0 A S  0.0.0.0/0                          1.1.98.145       1       
 1 ADC  1.1.98.144/30    1.1.98.146    WAN                0       
 2 ADC  192.168.8.0/24     192.168.8.1     ether2             0

Am I missing something ? I have added my laptop to the IP bindings bypass for the hotspot… and disabled all firewall filters. Still nothing.

1.1. = X.X.

2

Your address and route config looks OK, so maybe problem is located outside MikroTik/RouterOS. Try to connect your laptop directly to WAN (I suppose this is ADSL modem or something similar) and check connection.

Regards, Grzegorz.

3

That is what I was thinking, however I am connected via wifi to the mikrotik. The WAN link goes across the wireless backhaul. I will have to check it tomorrow as it is on a hospital roof. I just wanted to make sure that I was not missing anything obvious.

4

Success… someone had the wrong port tagged upstream… all is well.