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fran1942
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November 20, 2017
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Fortiextender 40D WAN failover configuration

  • November 20, 2017
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Hello, I have just retired a Cisco 1921 with HWIC 3G failover card with a Fortigate 60E and FortiExtender 40D for the same purpose.

However, when I tested WAN failover to the FortiExtender 3G mobile circuit, I received a public IP address on the FortiExtender interface from our ISP. Before with the Cisco configuration I would always receive a private IP address which enabled us to route to our WAN.

Is there any obvious reason why I am receiving a public IP instead of a private IP when the FortiExtender fails over to cellular backup ?

Thank you kindly.

 

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    Bunce
    New Member
    January 31, 2018

    could be the APN setting.  On our 4G services there are specific APN's which will provide an external routable IP and others that will provide a private NAT's IP.

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