Forticlient for Mac Ikev2 support

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
October 29, 2024
3 replies
8929 views

In https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.2.1/macos-release-notes/223986/special-notices it is mentioned that Ikev2 is not supported on forticlient but in https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.2.0/new-features/374894/support-for-ikev2-for-forticlient-macos-7-2-3 it does mention support, (and it doesn't mention that it is not available anymore)

But when I use Forticlient version 7.2.4 or 7.4.0 it still has the Ikev2 option greyed out for IPSec VPN.

Does anyone know if it is still not avaiable or If there is something that I need to change?

FortiClient

Best answer by startofff

And it's still grayed out on Forticlient 7.4.1.
Although, you can change the setting in .xml profile. Couldn't test if this would work...
If such a hack would be supported? Probably not.

DPadula

Staff & Editor

Hi FortiFire,
It seems that our release notes for versions 7.2.1-3 is not updated. I will ask the documentation team to check it out and update it. Thank you for noticing it.

The latest FortiClient version (7.2.5) supports IKEv2.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.2.5/macos-release-notes/223986/special-notices

FortiFireAuthor

Visitor III

Hi DPAdula, thanks for your answer. When I use the latest version it still has ikev2 greyed out as option (see screenshot). this is on version 7.4.0.1645 Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 14.43.27.png

DPadula

Staff & Editor

Hi FortiFire,

I found this article from 2020 showing that IKEv2 wasn't supported that time. https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiClient/Technical-Tip-FortiClient-Mac-does-not-support-IKE-v2-in-IPsec/ta-p/194116

Administration Guide shows IKEv2 as not supported for MacOS versions.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.2.3/administration-guide/269675/feature-comparison-of-forticlient-standalone-and-licensed-versions

FortiFireAuthor

Visitor III

Ok, but that doesn't make much sense, since this (presumably newer) document specifically mentions ikev2 support for Forticlient. But in practice it isn't...

I assume that it is supported in ForticlientEMS, but not in the free forticlient version (yet).(I don't have ForticlientEMS)

startofffAnswer

Visitor III

And it's still grayed out on Forticlient 7.4.1.
Although, you can change the setting in .xml profile. Couldn't test if this would work...
If such a hack would be supported? Probably not.