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aerot
Visitor III
Sep 7, 2022 6:06 AM UTC
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Adding another ISP and LAN

Hello there,

 

I've got Fortigate device with following configuration:
- wan1: Internet
- port1: LAN (vlans)

 

Now I'd like to connect another ISP to wan2 and new LAN (new network) to port 2.

Is this should all works? I never do this so I wonder if it works in that way.

 

Thank you in advance.
AErot

akristof
akristofAnswer
Staff
Sep 7, 2022 6:26 AM UTC

Hello,

Of course it will work. You will just need to decide how the ISP lines will be used: do you want ecmp (load-balancing) or you want to have primary and secondary line. Example (for SDWAN, something similar can be achieved without SDWAN also):

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.0.0/cookbook/990932/redundant-internet-with-sd-wan

And for second LAN, you will just need to couple of firewall policies to allow traffic and that's it.

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akristof
Staff
akristofAnswer
Staff
Sep 7, 2022 6:26 AM UTC

Hello,

Of course it will work. You will just need to decide how the ISP lines will be used: do you want ecmp (load-balancing) or you want to have primary and secondary line. Example (for SDWAN, something similar can be achieved without SDWAN also):

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.0.0/cookbook/990932/redundant-internet-with-sd-wan

And for second LAN, you will just need to couple of firewall policies to allow traffic and that's it.

aerot
aerotAuthor
Visitor III
Sep 7, 2022 6:35 AM UTC

@akristof - Great :) Thanks for your reply. 
I heard and even used SDWAN in one network, but in this case I don't need it.

akristof
Staff
Staff
Sep 7, 2022 6:59 AM UTC

Hi,

That was just example :) without SDWAN, you can read this article, it does explain how FortiGate behaves with different priority/administrative distance and how it will affect routing:

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Note-Routing-behavior-depending-on-distance-and/ta-p/198221

 

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