Last Updated: 29. January 2025 From time to time we face performance problems on FortiGate units in our daily support life. Most often the impacts of performance problems on the FortiGate are not typical. Or let’s say “not as an admin that is not familiar with FortiGates would expect”. The…
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 09.09.2025 / This article is also available in english language. Die schnelle Antwort: Das für Ihren Fall am besten passende. So einfach könnte man unsere Antwort zusammenfassen. Es gibt keine Version, welche wir immer empfehlen können. Ausserdem unterliegt die FortiOS Software einer ständigen Weiterentwicklung. Daher haben wir einige…
Last updated: 09.09.2025 / Von diesem Artikel ist auch eine deutsche Version verfügbar. The quick answer: the one which is most suitable for your usecase. Our answer could be summarized as simply as that. There is no version that we can always recommend. In addition, the FortiOS software is subject…
Some providers (like init7.ch which already uses the Swisscom XGS-PON) do encapsulate their PPPoE traffic into a VLAN Tag (802.1Q or Q-Tagged). The reason for this is, that in the majority of the cases the provider is using a layer 2 network (last mile) of another provider, which uses VLAN…
On some FortiGate models, you are being asked to connect a self-loopback cable on some ports during the HQIP test. This request looks like the following CLI output:
Last updated: 27.06.2025 One of the very powerful features of FortiGate hardware appliances is the hardware acceleration chipset included in the hardware platform. This allows to forward traffic in specific situations directly from the incoming interface to the outgoing interface without passing the CPU of the system. This can safe…
Starting with FortiConverter 6.0, any kind of conversion requires a valid license Fortinet has published a very nice and helpful tool for converting firewall configs from other vendors into a Fortigate configuration file. Also an old Fortigate config file can be used as the source file. So if you are…
Virtual switch feature enables you create virtual switches on top of the physical switch(es) with designated interfaces/ports so that a virtual switch can build up its forwarding table through learning and forward traffic accordingly. When traffic is forwarded among interfaces belonging to the same virtual switch, the traffic doesn’t need…
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