cisco packet tracer equivelent for fortinet

[Keeran]

Is there a cisco packet tracer equivelent for fortinet (fortiswitch & fortigate) ?

I am trying to learn fortiswitch (cli) and fortigate. Anyone has any idea? 

thank you.

[subramanis]

Hello Keeran,

Thank you for contacting Fortinet Forum

There is no simulation based software like Packet tracer in fortigate firewall

Thanks

Sasikumar.S

[adambomb1219]

You can use the FortiGate VM to build out lab environments.  I get it though, not the same as a simulation.

[Markus_M]

Hi Keeran,

I don't think that is the same from what I read here, but you should be able to understand well what packets are on FortiGate on which interface when you understand the integrated CLI sniffer well:

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Troubleshooting-Tip-Using-the-FortiOS-built-in-packet-sn...

Easy starter:

diag sniff packet any 'icmp' 4 0 a

Shows ICMP packets, decodes them, shows the interface and direction where the packet is seen (4), writes unlimited amount (0) and adds the (a)bsolute timestamp to it.

Runs on FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager and FortiMail. Probably more.

Result:

2023-03-21 09:48:15.461364 internal1 in 192.168.111.2 -> 15.161.156.80: icmp: echo request
2023-03-21 09:48:15.461459 wan1 out 92.50.117.70 -> 15.161.156.80: icmp: echo request
2023-03-21 09:48:15.493149 wan1 in 15.161.156.80 -> 92.50.117.70: icmp: echo reply
2023-03-21 09:48:15.493176 internal1 out 15.161.156.80 -> 192.168.111.2: icmp: echo reply

Best regards,

Markus

[Keeran]

Thank you so much Markus. It is also sth, i was lookting for. 

Best regards,

Keeran