Fortigate WiFi using Linksys Wireless Router?

[#1]

I should have bought the WiFi version of the Fortigate 60B... that was my first mistake... Since I have spare interfaces... is it possible to configure both peices and use the Linksys as a wireless access point? I was hoping to turn off DHCP and just plug it into the DMZ port...

[#2]

At my house I run two Buffalo WHR-G54S running dd-wrt with one being my gateway/router and the other as a wireless bridge to my office on the other side of the house. I don' t think there' s any speed issues to worry about. I guess in your case what product is best depends on how far " across the block" is and how many obstacles such as walls/buildings are in between the 2 end points. if you have 2 wireless routers capable of running dd-wrt then I would say it' s worth a shot. With dd-wrt you can switch to directional antenna' s to help with signal quality and increase the power that the radios are using. But depending on the distance involved the product you linked to may offer a better solution. -- David

[#3]

One more thought if you want a 100mbit or faster connection there are some N based wireless routers that work with dd-wrt such as the Linksys WRT310N and Linksys WRT350N. You also may be able to use the native firmware. But these options may be faster than the OBiQUiTi if the range is good enough for your situation. -- David

[#4]

David, Thanks for the info, I have a few routers I wanted to load dd-wrt just for fun; I wanted to play with some of the settings and see how it compares to something like the Fortinet firewalls. I have a 60WiFi at home; so the linksys routers would just be bridge or AP devices. Just wondering; for someone who is involved with Fortinet, are you using any of their products in your home? I am using mine without a service contract, but am NOT using any of the AV,IPS, Web filtering stuff.

[#5]

I dont think the Linksys with dd-wrt is going to cut it... I got on the roof today and its not a line of sight connection. I did however find this... http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless/point-to-point-bridge-circular.php I think I am going to give it a shot and see how it goes.

[#6]

I have a connection question and I dont think its a correct or typical way of doing things, but wanted to know if its possible. I use a Fortigate 60 firewall at home and have an SSL VPN so I dont want to take that out of my path. Right now I am conencted: Modem > Fortinet Firewall > LAN 1 Switch Modem > Fortinet Firewall DMZ > Linksys WRT54G Switch for WiFi AP I wanted to use the Linksys as a WiFi HOT SPOT (http://www.hotspotsystem.com) So having an additional firewall in its path; is that going to cause a problem? When using http://www.hotspotsystem.com I guess it wants the WAN1 port to be working... right now the Wan1 port isnt used since its only being used as an AP for my DMZ zone. Can I connect the Fortigate DMZ > Linksys WAN1? Is this just a matter of config?