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Explorer III
November 10, 2020
Question

Monitor WAN and LAN Status

  • November 10, 2020
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We would like to utilize network monitoring so that we get a notice if any WAN connection goes off-line. We plan to ping the WAN gateway address(es) to detect if a WAN connection fails. Curious if this is the best way to handle this?

 

Is there a recommended way to monitor that the LAN is up? If possible I would like to ping the firewall internal address, a network switch, and a computer on the network to be sure the internal network is up and is working. What is recommended to safely accomplish this? Are Virtual IPs (port forwarding) required?

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    SecurityPlus
    SecurityPlusAuthor
    Explorer III
    November 11, 2020

    To verify that the firewall LAN was up would, we set up Virtual IP for the firewall, turn on Ping in administrative access, and set a policy for this connection?

    Fullmoon
    Fullmoon
    New Member
    November 13, 2020

    if you have FAZ you can configure event handler in the event your Fortigate interface experience status issue it will notify you/admin

    SecurityPlus
    SecurityPlusAuthor
    Explorer III
    November 16, 2020
    Thanks. Unfortunately no FortiAnalizer is available at this time.
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