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Directed Broadcast

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 :)

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rosatechnocrat
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@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

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rosatechnocrat
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@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

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