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Esteemed Contributor III
Jul 13, 2011 3:00 PM UTC
Question

reverse path check fail, drop

Dears, I try to connect to my Fortigate but i cannot. When i check the logs i can see : reverse path check fail, drop. I can join it from another WAN IP btw. In the Administrators, the IP is correctly added. What' s wrong? Thank you in advance, Vincent.

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    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    SuperUser
    Jul 13, 2011 4:07 PM UTC
    This usually means that the FGT has no route back to the source IP of that connection so it drops it (anti-spoofing). If you give us a little more information about the circumstances we might pinpoint it.
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    Esteemed Contributor III
    Jul 14, 2011 6:52 AM UTC
    Thank you for your answer. Here is my config : Admin : - IP1 : 1.1.1.0/24 - IP2 : 2.2.2.0/24 - IP3 : 3.3.3.3/32 I can access the fortigate only by IP (range) 1. If y try via IP3, i have the message " reverse path check fail" I have never heard about a route back to the source IP . Thank you in advance.
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    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    SuperUser
    Jul 14, 2011 7:32 AM UTC
    I have never heard about a route back to the source IP .
    That is, if seen from the FGT, the remote subnet of a packet' s source address cannot be reached via any active route then the FGT assumes this IP address to be faked (spoofed) and drops the packet. In your case, there should be routes to 1.1.1.0/24, 2.2.2.0/24 and 3.3.3.3/32, as verified in Router>Monitor. I don' t think a default route (0.0.0.0/0) would suffice but I' ve never tested that.
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    wesleylima
    Explorer II
    Nov 12, 2024 5:38 PM UTC

    tkss for the help. i had problem with it too.

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    Esteemed Contributor III
    Jul 14, 2011 8:08 AM UTC
    Dear, I just added a static route and now all is working. Thank you very much for your help. Bests Regards,
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    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    SuperUser
    Jul 14, 2011 8:15 AM UTC
    I' m glad you found a solution. If you find a particular post very helpful (or very annoying) you may click the " Rate this post!" link and rate it from +2 to -2 score points.
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    Esteemed Contributor III
    Jul 14, 2011 8:31 AM UTC
    Ok it' s done :) Thank you, and have a nice day. Vincent.
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    mtorres
    Explorer
    May 28, 2025 9:35 PM UTC

    I have had VPN "Device creation" enabled trip me up and produce the same "reverse path check fail, drop" log. 

     

    CLI = 

    config vpn ipsec phase1-interface
         edit "EXAMPLE"
         set net-device disable  <---

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