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Resident1942
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October 14, 2020
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Connecting RDP through Fortigate

  • October 14, 2020
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Hey guys, I recently got my hands on an older model Fortigate 80C. I've set up a test environment with 1 server and 2 PC, with the Server and PC 1 separated from the network through the Fortigate.

 

i've setup fortigate according to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSyrM_rGUY0

 

Basically I created 2 policies that allows all traffic and services from Internal to WAN, and from WAN to Internal.

I also route it through the default gateway so I can access the internet.

 

Problem now is I can't access the Server using PC 2 anymore(Still able using PC 1). My server is under a domain, let's use "Resident.local" to represent it for now, and "Resident" to represent the server name.

 

On the Remote Desktop connection, this is how I input:

Computer: Resident:3389

Username: Resident.local\Administrator

 

I've also set the RD gateway server settings to use the domain: Resident.local

Also checked Use My RD Gateway Credentials.

 

I get the error message: The remote resource can't be reached.

This is even after I entered the correct username and password when prompted.

 

I'd like to know if there are any additional settings that I need to tweak on the fortigate interface. Thanks all!

 

1 reply

Fullmoon
New Member
October 14, 2020

to have a better view could you share your VIP and policy settings here?

Resident1942
New Member
October 14, 2020

Fullmoon wrote:

to have a better view could you share your VIP and policy settings here?

 

the masked IP in the VIP is my public IP address.

Resident1942
New Member
October 14, 2020

It's alright guys, I figured out a solution. 

I created a new SSL VPN and connected PC 2 to the VPN. Once connected through the VPN I can RDP to both the Server and PC 1.