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Chang_Voyage
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December 9, 2023
Question

May it be possible set Route Mode for Fortigate 110C?

  • December 9, 2023
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Fortigate 110C. There is only NAT and Transparent Mode in the menu `System -> Config -> Operation`, may it be possible set Fortigate 110C as Route Mode by CLI? 

 

Thank you all...

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mle2802
Staff
Staff
December 9, 2023

Hi @Chang_Voyage,

What do you mean by route mode? NAT mode on FortiGate allow you to route traffic regularly.

Regards,
Minh

ede_pfau
SuperUser
SuperUser
December 10, 2023

This.

"NAT/route mode" refers to a FGT being a L3 device. Each interface can only be part of one network, and each network can only be terminated on one interface. You do not have to use NAT, but you can.

 

"Transparent mode" makes a FGT be a L2 device, like a (dumb) switch. This is a quite special use case and not used that often.

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