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Akshay289
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Configuration of fortigate firewall for 30 severs Over public ip

 

Hi everyone,

I currently have one ISP link terminated on an ON WAN switch, with 30 servers connected to this switch using public IPs. We're planning to replace the switch with a FortiGate firewall. Can anyone guide me on how to configure the FortiGate firewall to accommodate these 30 servers with their public IPs. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

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AEK
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Hello
Here can be overall steps.


1. Network design:

  • If you want to keep the public IPs on the servers then you can use FG transparent mode
  • Otherwise use NAT mode and you will change the IP addresses of your servers to private IP addresses
  • In the 2nd case the pub IP addresses will be configured as VIPs at FG level
  • You can group your servers in multiple DMZs depending on usage
  • A L2 switch is needed, create one VLAN for each DMZ
  • You can put each DMZ behind a separate FortiGate 1G port, or put them all in one trunk behind a 10G port

 

2. Configure your FG:

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