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Contributor III
November 27, 2006
Question

Fortigate Loses Connection after IP change

  • November 27, 2006
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Hello, we recently changed ISP' s and the external IP address of a Fortigate 100A running 3.00,build0400,061003. Since doing so, we are unable to connect to our FortiAnalyzer. The device displays in devices>all with the old IP address. I can NOT delete the device from the FA GUI (no trash can icon) I can ping the FA from the FG, but can not connect when I configure the FA connection. Any ideas? I suspect the problem is that the device ID already exists in the FA with another IP. Anyone know of a way to delete the FG from the FA from the command line?

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    Fireshield
    New Member
    November 28, 2006
    Is the FGT a member of a group? That is the only thing I can see that would make it unable to be deleted in the FA.
    Contributor III
    November 28, 2006
    Nope. It is a stand alone device. Thing is, we have 20 other devices in the FA and about half of them do not have the delete icon....
    abelio
    SuperUser
    SuperUser
    November 28, 2006
    Anyone know of a way to delete the FG from the FA from the command line?
    i' m not sure if this is causing your problem; anyway, you could delete one device form CLI with this :
      config log device  delete <your_annoying_device_name>  end  
    Contributor III
    November 28, 2006
    Thanks Abelio, that did the trick, I still am unable to connect to the FA for some reason. I can PING it from the command line on the FG, it just won' t connect.
    abelio
    SuperUser
    SuperUser
    November 28, 2006
    this CLI command can be useful here:
      diagnose sniffer packet any " host <your FA IP> or host <your FGT IP> and udp port 514"    
    to see what' s happening between both devices.
    Contributor III
    November 30, 2006
    DO I run that from the Analyzer CLI or the Fortigate? I could not get it to work.
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