Fortinet

This is only relevant when WAN1 and WAN2 are both plugged in. Happens when switching ISP’s or when a customer wants backup internet. See Article on using a Cell Phone…

We had a strange failure on Axis Camera station that was behind a Fortinet firewall. The Scenario:CellPhone+AxisCameraStationApp > Fortinet1 > Internet > Fortinet2 > AxisNVRServer Problem scenario is that there…

This was shockingly easy I removed all the phase 1 encryption methods that weren’t being used and any DH group that didn’t match the Unifi The Phase 2 proposal was…

Mostly for me to remember what to do Plug laptop into Lan1, surf to https://192.168.1.99 login with admin and NO PASSWORD, should be prompted to change the passwordLogin again and…

Fortigate v7.0+ (?) allow for Zones. I usually call my zones Public and Private. then I can add interfaces to those zones, ie add the WAN interface to the Public…

Why; Fortinet charges $36 CA to convert a configuration from one model to another. Seems like a money grab and should be included in any upgrade. Fortinet will send you…

When setting up a new Remote Access VPN I recommend to always change to a custom tunnel and set a Peer ID. name can be anything, doesn’t matter. i Typically…

Manage your Fortigate devices at forticloud.com New Firewalls come with an 8 character code physically on a sticker Add existing firewalls to Cloud Mgt interface thusly https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Add-FortiGate-device-to-FortiCloud-account-without/ta-p/191123

Found out today If you delete a port forward, even if it’s not in use, Fortgate clears the session table so the remaining port forwards STOP WORKING until a port…

Fortigate has added Automations to allow custom alerting Security Fabric, Automation, Create New Another great alerts: Another DHCP server sent DHCP offer (Rogue DHCP server)Authentication Lockout (If you have Local…