Fortinet

How to Configure Port Forwarding Destination NAT on Fortinet Firewall

This post is to demonstrate the quick steps to configure port forwarding / Destination NAT on the Fortinet Fortigate firewall. Environment Fortinet Fortigate firewall. ISP has provided a /29 range of the public IP addresses. The requirement is to open port 443 from specific public IP addresses, not the whole internet. Configure Virtual IP or …

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How to Manage the Fortigate Secondary/Passive Firewall and Shutdown the HA Pair

This post is to document the process to manage the secondary Fortigate firewall in a HA firewall cluster, as well as the process to shut down the Fortigate firewall using CLI. This process comes in handy if you are using the same interface for both data and management traffic for the HA pair. Manage the …

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How to configure IPsec VPN between Fortinet and Sophos Firewall

This post is to document the process to configure static IPsec VPN between Fortinet and Sophos Firewall. Environment 1x Fortinet Fortigate Firewall cluster running at active-passive mode 1x Sophos UTM Firewall Both sides have static public IP assigned Phase 1 and Phase 2 use the same encryption (AES256) and authentication (SHA256) algorithm, Group 14 or …

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How to Revert the Fortinet Firewall Configuration back Automatically when Handling Changes Remotely

When network professionals handle changes remotely, it is always good to have a safety net available. If you are familiar with Juniper Junos, you would love the “commit confirmed” command very much, as it will revert the config back to the previous config after 10 minutes automatically, in the event of you screwed up the …

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How to Configure Cisco Juniper Fortinet EtherChannel LACP

Object When it is coming to project execution and solution integration, ICT network professionals always have the challenge to interconnect multiple vendors together, it is not difficult but painful to deal with. This article is to show you the typical EtherChannel configuration examples when you try to interconnect them across multiple vendors: Cisco and Juniper …

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