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HarshChavda
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Staff
January 20, 2025

Technical Tip: How to assign multiple FortiSwitch ports to the same VLAN on FortiGate

  • January 20, 2025
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Description This article describes how to assign multiple FortiSwitch ports to the same VLAN in one go on FortiGate.
Scope FortiGate, FortiSwitch.
Solution

In FortiGate GUI, Go to WiFi & Switch Controller -> FortiSwitch Ports.

 

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Select the first port and scroll down to the last Port that needs to be selected. While selecting the last port, simultaneously press the SHIFT key. This will select all the consecutive ports from FIRST to LAST in one single go. It is also possible to add other ports by pressing the Ctrl key and selecting it.

 

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Other ports can also be added to consecutive ports by pressing the Ctrl key and selecting other ports that need to be added as shown below.

 

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After selecting all the ports that need to be assigned to the VLAN, locate the Native VLAN column, select Native VLAN entry for one of the selected ports to edit, select the desired VLAN from the list, and Select apply.

 

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After selecting the apply button, it will apply the selected VLAN to all the selected ports in one go.

 

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