Directed Broadcast

[thunder7972]

We're building a new network and need to support directed broadcast messages. Essentially, some broadcast traffic shall need to be forwarded between different network segments.

From my research, I believe our FortiGate firewalls will support the forwarding of this broadcast traffic through the configuration of a multicast policy.

However, we will also be using FortiSwitch network switches. My question is, will the FortiSwitches support the forwarding of this broadcast traffic when managed through FortiOS via Fortilink? I have provided an example diagram below to illustrate, broadcast traffic from Host A must be able to reach Host B.

Thanks :)

[rosatechnocrat · Accepted solution]

@thunder7972 : yes Fortiswitches also support multicast.  Refer below article for more details.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiswitch/7.2.6/administration-guide/55467/multicast