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AnthonyH
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April 29, 2025

Troubleshooting Tip: Error when unsetting Local Gateway 6 '-651 input value is invalid.' in GUI

  • April 29, 2025
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Description This article describes an issue where trying to remove the Local Gateway IPv6 address from the IPSec configuration in GUI displays the error message '-651 input value is invalid'.
Scope FortiGate.
Solution

When an IPSec tunnel has been configured with a local gateway 6 address, the issue '-651 input value is invalid' may be encountered when attempting to unset the configuration.

 

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config vpn ipsec phase1-interface

    edit "VPN_Access"

        set type dynamic

        set interface "wan1"

        set ip-version 6

        set local-gw6 2001:1:1::101

        set peertype any

        set net-device disable

        set proposal aes128-sha256 aes256-sha256 aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1

        set dpd on-idle

        set psksecret ENC <PasswordMask>

        set dpd-retryinterval 60

    next

end

 

The local gateway 6 address can be unset in the CLI:

 

config vpn ipsec phase1-interface

    edit "VPN_Tunnel_Name"

        unset local-gw6

    next

end

 

For further investigation, open a ticket with the collected HTTPS debugs using the Fortinet Support Tool.