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slSiemens
slSiemens
New Member
September 7, 2018
Question

Web Filter slowed internet connection down

  • September 7, 2018
  • 1 reply
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Hi 

I am using a FortiGate 100E with v6.0.1. 

I have the following setup:

- VLAN with DHCP and DNS

- Device Detection and DHCP Snooping enabled

- IP4v Policy: with no restrictions (all)

- NAT enabled

- Logging All sessions

 

When I enable the Web Filter (Standard Setup) my Up and Downstream performance is reduced by aprox. 80%.

I would like to use the Static URL Filter to enable a whitelist of allowed urls. All other features should be disabled.

 

Any idea whats the problem here?

 

    1 reply

    smtevesjr
    smtevesjr
    New Member
    September 11, 2018

    same problem here. i don't receive the full internet speed..

    AKrause
    AKrause
    New Member
    September 13, 2018

    Try Flow based Webfilter.

    Should perform better than proxy based.

     

    Do you do SSL inspection?

    Djimi
    Djimi
    New Member
    December 5, 2019

    I just noticed the same thing on an FG-60D running 6.0.7 and flow-based. SSL inspection is set to the minimum certificate inspection. With all other profiles active (except web filter) I see 115Mb download. I enable web filtering, even with everything set to allow, and download reduces to 25Mb. I was thinking I needed new hardware but seeing that it happens with a 100E too, upgrade won't help. Maybe I'll try returning to 5.6. For now I've reluctantly turned off web filtering.

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