Mikrotik and FortiGate

hadjieff · ‎12-21-2023

Hi,

Please help me create this network.

WAN: 31.171.80.12

Mikrotik: 172.16.10.2

Vlan 100 - 10.10.10.1/24

Vlan 200 - 10.11.10.1/24

Fortigate FG100E: 172.16.10.3

HPE 5130: 172.16.10.4

funkylicious · ‎12-21-2023

Take a look at this: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Hardware-switch-Software-switch-VLAN-switc...

It will help you bridge the VLANs between the switches if they are not directly connected.

geek

ebilcari · ‎12-22-2023

If the Mikrotik device has router capabilities I would strongly suggest to use routing between this devices. Spanning VLANs over devices that offer L3 support will not scale well and since OP is still in design phase I would suggest to avoid that.

- Emirjon
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hbac · ‎12-22-2023

Hi @hadjieff,

You can put lan2 and lan3 in the same hardware switch and create VLAN100 and VLAN200 sub-interfaces under that hardware switch.

Hardware switch: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.4.1/administration-guide/100999/hardware-switch

VLAN: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.4.1/administration-guide/402940/vlan#To5

Regards,