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michael_lacey
michael_lacey
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February 26, 2018
Question

Layer 2 MPLS between 2 Fortigates

  • February 26, 2018
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Hi All,

 

Probably a silly question, I have 2 Fortigates at different sites. We have just been provisioned with an MPLS circuit, turns out its a layer 2 ethernet. I assumed I could just IP an interface at each end on the fortigates and they could ping each other?

Though I cant get this to work. am I missing something?

 

Thanks

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    rwpatterson
    rwpatterson
    New Member
    February 26, 2018

    Welcome to the forums.

     

    If it is truly layer 2, then it would be like a big old virtual switch and that should be all you need to do. If I was in your shoes, I would get together with your ISP to make sure that they configured it correctly. I have seen a high rate of initial configuration failures with these types of circuits. You would think the ISPs have their stuff together at this point in time, but that is not always the case.

    michael_lacey
    michael_laceyAuthor
    New Member
    February 26, 2018

    Thanks, always good to get a sanity check :)

    Maik
    Maik
    New Member
    February 28, 2018
    in case you have a cluster on each side, make sure to use differet cluster ids. they are used to calculate the virtual mac
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