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jrothwell1988
jrothwell1988
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January 25, 2016
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Change the interface names Fortigate 60c

  • January 25, 2016
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I am looking to change the interface names on my 60c v4.0,build0646,121119 (MR3 Patch 11).

 

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    Toshi_Esumi
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    Toshi_Esumi
    SuperUser
    January 25, 2016

    I don't think you can change those names like wan1, wan2, dmz, internal. You might try setting an alias but that's just a description, which you can't use in your config (someone please let me know if I'm wrong about this). 1, 2, 3,... are just switch port numbers, not interfaces with 4.3. I think you can separate them from internal and name it separately with interface mode with 5.0 or later (at least with 60D).

    Ralph1973
    Ralph1973
    New Member
    January 25, 2016

    if it is for better view in your policies, you can also use Zones and put the interface in the zone. The zone is then only visible in your policies (and not the interface name)

     

    Rgds,

    Ralph

    ede_pfau
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    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    January 26, 2016

    One last way to 'rename' a port is to create a LACP trunk port with just one physical member port.

     

    All of this comes with a price. Zones do not permit all configuration which physical ports allow (for instance, no secondary addresses). Trunk ports are handled by the CPU which might lead to CPU overload if the traffic across is high enough.

    Only aliases do not come at a cost - but they are 'visual' only, in the GUI. You won't use them in the CLI.

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