Anyone familiar with Cisco equipment will know that after you enter a command and hit carriage return the affects will be immediate on the running state. With Fortigate one gotcha that catches a lot of people is the use of the end command. Until you type end and hit enter your commands will not affect […]
FortiGate Switch Mode
By default FortiGate devices are configured to have all numbered ports operate in switch mode under a single DHCP scope. This means that no matter which numbered port you connect into you’ll receive a lease from the device’s internal DHCP Server. You can see this by navigating to the System > Network > Interfaces menu. […]
FortiGate WAN Load Balancing
Fortinet got a lot right with its FortiGate product line and load balancing is no exception. They’ve made it easy for administrators with modest networks to easily accomplish network redundancy and load balancing. While load balancing can be used for various applications, its commonly used for load balancing between two ISPs and this is the […]