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Article Id 359626

 

Description This article explains an issue where Shared Media RJ45/Copper WAN interfaces remain down when the interface speed is set to '100full'.
Scope FortiGate v7.4.5, v7.6.0.
Solution

When the interface speed is configured to '100full', Shared Media RJ45/Copper WAN ports fail to come up. Additionally, the media type is incorrectly identified as 'fiber', even when no transceivers are connected to the SFP1 and SFP2 slots.
However, the WAN interface successfully comes up when the speed is set to 'auto'.

Interface status when speed is set to 100Full:

 

config system interface
    edit "wan2"
        set vdom "root"
        set ip 10.5.16.216 255.255.240.0
        set speed 100full
    end

get sys interface physical wan2
== [onboard]
==[wan2]
mode: static
ip: 10.5.16.216 255.255.240.0
ipv6: ::/0
status: down
speed: n/a
medium: fiber
FEC: none
FEC_cap: none

diagnose hardware shared-port wan2
Get nic name: wan2 medium type 1, Fiber


Interface status when speed is set to auto:


config system interface
    edit "wan2"
        set vdom "root"
        set ip 10.5.16.216 255.255.240.0
        set speed auto
end

get system interface physical wan2
== [onboard]
==[wan2]
mode: static
ip: 10.5.16.216 255.255.240.0
ipv6: ::/0
status: up
speed: 100Mbps (Duplex: half)
medium: copper
FEC: none
FEC_cap: none

diagnose hardware shared-port wan2
Get nic name: wan2 medium type 2, Copper

This is a known issue and has been resolved in FortiOS 7.4.6 and 7.6.1 versions.

Resolved issues 7.4.6
Resolved issues 7.6.1

 

To confirm if the same issue is matching, open a ticket with Fortinet TAC and provide the output of the following commands.

 

  1. CLI commands:

 

get system interface physical <interface_name>
diagnose hardware shared-port <interface_name>
diagnose hardware deviceinfo nic <interface_name>
fnsysctl ifconfig

 

  1. Backup Config.

     

     

  2. TAC Report.