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Kenny_Verhaege
Kenny_Verhaege
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July 20, 2018
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Slow HTTP(S) traffic

  • July 20, 2018
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Dear,

 

We have migrated 2 sites from MPLS to a S2S VPN, now making use of Fortinet Firewalls 60-90D.

In one site, everything works well (40Mbps internet line). When we do tests on site with a user directly connected to internet, we have normal speed. Once we connect the user via the firewall the speed of internet (HTTP/HTTPS) is very very slow. 

We tried routing HTTP/S with local outbreak of via S2S, makes no difference.

Citrix traffic (over S2S to HQ) is running smooth. Within Citrix session HTTP/HTTPS is running smooth.

So definitely some configuration issue / firmware issue within firewall.

 

Webfilter, antivirus, ... has been disabled. Any ideas are welcome.

 

Kenny

    1 reply

    makco10
    makco10
    Explorer II
    October 18, 2018

    Hello,

     

    The Fortigate have two inspection modes Flow-based and Proxy.

     

    Each inspection component plays a role in processing traffic on it's way to its destination. Having control over flow-based and proxy-based mode is helpful if you want to be sure that only flow-based inspection mode is used (and that proxy inspection mode is not used).

     

    In most cases, proxy mode is preferred because more security profile features and more configuration options are available. However, some implementations require all security profile scanning to use only flow-based inspection mode for highest possible throughput.

     

    Fow-based mode is  designed to optimize performance.

     

    https://help.fortinet.com/fos50hlp/56/Content/FortiOS/fortigate-getting-started/7-inspection-mode/flow-vs-proxy-inspection-mode.htm

     

    Regards.

     

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