FortiWiFi 50G 5G | Internet Access

[ZK916]

Hello, 

I wanted to know if this FG model (FortiWiFi 50G 5G) can be connected to the ISP via a wired access. Meaning, can we use the WAN port to connect to our ISPs PE? 

Thanks in advance. 

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Best, ~zK 

[Toshi_Esumi · Accepted solution]

Unlike WiFi, which might have been preconfigured with the default SSID: fortinet and active by default, 5G won't work until you install a SIM(s). Then it should work as a regular FGT without 5G and you can hook up the internet circuit/cable into wan port.

Toshi

[Toshi_Esumi · Accepted solution]

Unlike WiFi, which might have been preconfigured with the default SSID: fortinet and active by default, 5G won't work until you install a SIM(s). Then it should work as a regular FGT without 5G and you can hook up the internet circuit/cable into wan port.

Toshi

[ZK916]

@Toshi_Esumi .. thanks for the reply. 

I am assuming that that 5G transport could be configured as an automatic a fail-over, would that be a correct assumption? 

Also, how would one be able to access the device remotely (OOB access)? 

Much appreciated. 

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Best, ~zK 

[Toshi_Esumi]

Of course you should be able to.
For OOB remote access, you need to have a different way/path to get to the location WITHOUT using any circuits terminated at the 50G either at wan or 5G. Do you have it? 

Toshi

[ZK916]

I was considering ordering a separate broadband\cable circuit for that purpose, but I wasn't sure if the FG50G would support a third transport access. Any ideas? 

[Toshi_Esumi]

If the 50G terminates the 3rd circuit, that's NOT out-of-band. It would be in-band. You need to have another router for that.

Toshi

[ZK916]

I meant that when we would get the broadband ckt, the ckt would come with it's own router. So, I will use one of the pub ip addresses provided by the broadband ISP to be able to OOB to the FG50 router. 

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Best, ~zK  

[Toshi_Esumi · Accepted solution]

If you don't use the circuit for user traffic, you might call it as OOB. If you don't use FortiLink for any FortiSwitches, you can convert the 'A' port to a regular port then terminate the circuit.

Toshi

[ZK916]

Perfect. 

Thank you so much for your input and feedback. I really appreciate it. 

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Best, zK