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tbar1704
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InterVlan Routing - Not all VLAN Interfaces are on the Fortigate

I created my first VLAN Interface on the Fortigate, under the LAN port that goes to our core switch. The LAN port to the HP Switch is a Trunk port and the new VLAN is permitted on the trunk port.

 

For now all the other VLAN interfaces are on the Layer 3 Core Switch

 

I cant ping the new VLAN's interface from the Core switch directly or by one of the resources I have on the new VLAN connected to the Core switch

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Toshi_Esumi

You should ask the HPE community why it's not working.

Creating a L3 interface wouldn't change the fact L2 is not passing through. Also it would break your design to set the FGT as a GW for VLAN 210. Because now the core switch knows the IPs in VLAN 210 exist within the switch. If other subnets/VLANs send packet toward VLAN 210, it's not going to bother sending them to the FGT but just directly sends to the destination devices.

 

Toshi

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ebilcari
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If the point to point interfaces can ping each other, make sure to include routes (static or a routing protocol) on both FGT and the L3 Switch for the respective subnets.

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tbar1704
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I have a static route on the Layer 3 Core switch that looks like:

  ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.255.254.254

 

where 10.255.254.254 is the IP for the LAN interface on the FG

Toshi_Esumi

Does the L3 switch have the same VLAN with an IP like 10.255.254.253 configured? Otherwise it wouldn't route.

 

Toshi

tbar1704

The L3 switch does have a VLAN Interface configured for the 10.255.254.0 subnet (10.255.254.1). The L3 switch does not have a VLAN Interface configured for the new VLAN but it does have a VLAN Interface.

Toshi_Esumi

So you're saying the 10.255.254.0/24 is non-tagged interface on both sides (or native vlan on the SW).

I would sniff on the interface if any packets come in or go out when you sends packet from either side. I'm assuming you have a pair of policies between the non-tagged interface and the new VLAN subinterface on the FGT. Otherwise nothing would go accross between two interface(subinterface)s.

 

  • parent (non-tagged) interface -> VLAN subinterface
  • VLAN subinterface -> parent (non-tagged) interface

 

 

Toshi

tbar1704

10.255.254.0 is the Native VLAN on the switch port

 

I added theses rules

Name                                 From           To                Source   Dest   Service
VLAN 210 - Out to LAN     VLAN 210   LAN             All           All      All
VLAN 210 - In from LAN   LAN             VLAN 210   All            All      All

 

I can now ping the new VLAN Interface from the Core switch (10.1.210.1) but I'm unable to ping resources on the VLAN from the Core switch or the Firewall

 

Do I need a VLAN Interface on the Core switch too?

Toshi_Esumi

Where is the "resources" connected to? Directly to the FGT? You said that VLAN doesn't exist on the core switch, right?

tbar1704

The resources are downstream off the core switch on the new VLAN. The resources are on different distribution switches connected to the core switch and are all able to see each other. So the VLAN exists on the Core switch

 

I have no VLAN Interface for the new VLAN on the Core switch

Toshi_Esumi

it's confusing me. You said you could ping from the core SW(10.1.210.1). Isn't it on the VLAN 210, and its the L3 interface?

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