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julianhaines
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FortiGate FGT200F Traffic Shaping Firmware 7.4.3

Hi,

 

I am trying to figure out Traffic Shaping on my FortiGate FGT200F running Firmware 7.4.3,

 

I can see that you can create Traffic Shaping profiles in Policies & Objects and assign based on criteria but also can see that you can assign to Firewall policies.

 

Which should you use or recommend to use? I have taken over the FortiGate's from another person and they appear to be using both but think they must be clashing with each other.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

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johnathan
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I personally like using them in Firewall Policies. Just makes it more simple IMO.
You are already defining access to an interface, may as well do the restriction there.
It's all up to preference though, it's not like it will work better/worse.


If you are ever confused about what shaper is being applied, you can follow this guide to check: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-configure-and-check-which-traffic-s...

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."

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johnathan
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I personally like using them in Firewall Policies. Just makes it more simple IMO.
You are already defining access to an interface, may as well do the restriction there.
It's all up to preference though, it's not like it will work better/worse.


If you are ever confused about what shaper is being applied, you can follow this guide to check: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-configure-and-check-which-traffic-s...

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."
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