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Kevmeister68
Kevmeister68
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January 24, 2022
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Why do Virtual IPs not allow "Named Addresses"

  • January 24, 2022
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I apologise if this is a really newbie question, but I'm at a loss at to why the Fortigate allows me to define Addresses (eg. for a Workstation etc), but when I want to define a Virtual IP I cannot use one of the addresses that I have defined and have to supply a physical IP address?

 

What am I missing? Is this a missing feature from the Fortigate, or some logistical reason why it doesn't make sense to allow this?

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akileshc
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akileshc
Staff
January 24, 2022

Hello Kevmeister,

 

When the VIP type is set to Static NAT, you are implementing one-to-one NAT, thus you must enter an IP address, and address or address group is not permitted.


If you switch the type to FQDN, however, you may specify the IP/FQDN in External and Mapped addresses. Please see the document below for further information.

 

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.0.2/administration-guide/435662/configure-fqdn-based-vips

 

I hope this helps you implement the setup according to your needs.

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