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Dirk_Ehlers
Dirk_Ehlers
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October 30, 2013
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FortiGate 100D with 2x SFP Shared Ports

  • October 30, 2013
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The FortiGate 100D has 2x GE SFP Shared Ports. Is it right that this ports can be used as WAN Ports ? thanks

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    rwpatterson
    rwpatterson
    New Member
    October 30, 2013
    Any port can be used for any purpose. I' m using my wan1 & wan2 ports on my 80C for internal and DMZ ports because they are 1Gb ports. (and the DMZ port for my WAN... Confusing, eh? )
    Paul_Dean
    Paul_Dean
    Visitor III
    October 31, 2013
    Same here Bob. I do a double take whenever I look at the policies on that firewall!
    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    October 31, 2013
    As a tip: either use aliases on the interfaces, then both ' hard-wired' and custom descriptions show up in the policy table. Or create a zone with the intended name and put just 1 interface into it. From there on, use the zone instead. Advantage: only the zone name shows up, and no performance penalty at all.
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