Very interesting article, if you allow me I would have a couple of questions. As far as I see from the drawing it seems that the fortiextender is an execellent solution for a Vehicle to Infrastructure configuration. Do you think that in the future (if not already) there will be a solution Vehicle to Vehicle and maybe the support for 802.11p ?
At the moment, FEV-211F supports 2x2 2.4/5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wave2 WiFi. We typically do not discuss roadmap on public forums, but if there is a feature you'd like to see, and you work at Fortinet, please do file an NFR via Mantis.
EDIT: I was half wrong. You can use them with FortiExtender Cloud, but not all features are currently supported.
Was super excited about this offering for my first responders. BUT, FTNT released these before having the cloud management portion figured out. Apparently they're not currently compatible with FortiExtender Cloud... This is a bummer for us early adopters...
Interesting, as this is contrary to my experiences with FEV and what I'm being told by my FTNT rep and SE. I sent them this post, so we'll see what they come back with. The FEX 100-200 series Cloud Premium licensing cannot be applied to FEV in Asset Management. Maybe it uses a different SKU.
Hi @WChambers, thanks for explaining your technical issue. Please do work with your AM/SE. Based on what you've said, they will be able to easily resolve your challenge.
Just to circle back on this, FortiExtender Vehicle is NOT fully supported by FortiExtender Cloud. Also, it appears it's not supported by lan-extension via a FortiGate either.
I'm really disappointed in how Fortinet handled the release and implementation of this product. I saw a big use case for this for law enforcement and first responders, and am trying to implement it for said use case; yet I keep running into bugs and issues due to FEV not being fully integrated into the fabric.
As this comment section is not an official channel for support, I won't be able to help you further. Please work with you SE/CSE if you need additional help managing your FortiExtender Vehicle either in FortiExtender Cloud with the correct SKU; or managing the device in FortiGate as a LAN Extender.
No disrespect, but you're wrong. It's "supported" as in you can "manage" it via FortiExtender Cloud and push SOME configurations to it, but it is not "FULLY" supported as you mentioned earlier. There are some configurations that cannot be pushed to FEV from FEX Cloud. Also LAN/WAN Extension is not working as of yet. I'm working with TAC/SWAT and my AM/SE on this now, but I can tell you that it's not working with my FGT on FortiOS v7.0.14.
I'm not asking for support from you here, I'm simply sharing my experience and frustrations about this new product, and attempting to correct your statements. If anything, I'd ask that you own up to being wrong and posting "matter of fact" posts on the community that are simply not matter of fact. Point to all the KBs you want, but I can tell you from first hand experience that it's not working. Not because of misconfiguration, but because of bugs, and the product not being fully implemented with FEX Cloud; and apparently FGT.
I will continue to work with my AM/SE/SWAT/TAC on hopefully getting the FEV working as intended - as I just ordered several more. Hopefully Fortinet will assign the necessary recourses to this product to get it fully supported - otherwise you may miss the opportunity to use this with quite a few first responders.
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