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matanood
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November 6, 2019
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500 gig symetrical bandwidth increase

  • November 6, 2019
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I recently purchased a fortinet 200E and copied the config from my 100E. My 100E had a 100 gig symetrical line on it. My 200E now has a 500 gig symetrical line on it but I'm only getting 120/350 on my speed test. I've checked traffic shaper policies but I couldn't find anything that would give me the maximum bandwidth. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks

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    Dave_Hall
    New Member
    November 6, 2019

    How is the 200E connected to the new line - through the RJ45 WAN ports or the SFP ports?  By 500 gig symetrical line, I assume you mean a 500 Mbps symmetrical connection. 

     

    I would suspect possible duplex/speed mismatch between the 200E and the device on the other side of that 500 gig  connection - on the 200E perform the following commands on the CLI:

     

    diag hardware deviceinfo nic <interface name>

     

    where interface name is the 500 gig connection - look for the duplex/speed lines and any rx/tx counter errors - if there are any counter errors, perform the same commands in say 5-10 mins and see those counter errors increase.

     

    If you are no sure of the interface name, enter "diag hardware deviceinfo nic" without the interface name to get a list of interface names. 

     

    The fgt can only connect to the other side based on set rated speeds (eg. autonegotiation).  you can check the possible detected duplex/speed options of an interface by typing the following on the CLI:

     

    config system interface  edit <interface name>  set speed ?

     

    The output would be similar to the following:

     

    auto        Automatically adjust speed. 10full      10M full-duplex. 10half      10M half-duplex. 100full     100M full-duplex. 100half     100M half-duplex. 1000full    1000M full-duplex.

    I would also check or confirm the equipment on the other side of that 500 gig connection is set up properly.

     

    matanood
    matanoodAuthor
    New Member
    November 7, 2019
    Thanks Dave. I will try as you suggested. It's connected through the rj45 And yes I meant a 500Mbps symetrical line :) I have confirmed the other side already works properly.
    matanood
    matanoodAuthor
    New Member
    November 7, 2019
    I changed the wan port to each of the duplex settings and ran a test each time I changed it and no settings helped. I'm still getting similar speeds. Do you think it's a traffic shaper setting or my rj45 cable? Thanks
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