Unlock Exclusive Benefits
Join Our Community Today!
Join our community and post in the forum to earn your exclusive Holiday badge! Become a member today!
LOGIN/REGISTER
CONTINUE AS A GUEST
- Support Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Customer Service
- Internal Article Nominations
- FortiGate
- FortiClient
- FortiAP
- FortiAnalyzer
- FortiADC
- FortiAuthenticator
- FortiBridge
- FortiCache
- FortiCarrier
- FortiCASB
- FortiConnect
- FortiConverter
- FortiCNP
- FortiDAST
- FortiDDoS
- FortiDB
- FortiDNS
- FortiDLP
- FortiDevSec
- FortiDeceptor
- FortiDirector
- FortiEDR
- FortiExtender
- FortiGate Cloud
- FortiHypervisor
- FortiGuard
- FortiInsight
- FortiIsolator
- FortiMail
- FortiMonitor
- FortiManager
- FortiNAC
- FortiNAC-F
- FortiNDR (on-premise)
- FortiNDRCloud
- FortiPAM
- FortiPhish
- FortiPortal
- FortiProxy
- FortiRecon
- FortiRecorder
- FortiSRA
- FortiSandbox
- FortiSASE
- FortiScan
- FortiSIEM
- FortiSOAR
- FortiSwitch
- FortiTester
- FortiToken
- FortiVoice
- FortiWAN
- FortiWeb
- FortiAppSec Cloud
- Lacework
- Wireless Controller
- RMA Information and Announcements
- FortiCloud Products
- ZTNA
- 4D Documents
- Customer Service
- Community Groups
- Blogs
Support Forum
The Forums are a place to find answers on a range of Fortinet products from peers and product experts.
- Fortinet Community
- Support Forum
- fortilink networking question
Options
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Printer Friendly Page
Options
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
fortilink networking question
i have about 10 fortiswitches that i will be connecting to a fortigate head end unit.
will i need a separate subnet for a transfer/net/ forti link network ?
what is best practice here?
Nominate a Forum Post for Knowledge Article Creation
Nominating a forum post submits a request to create a new Knowledge Article based on the forum post topic. Please ensure your nomination includes a solution within the reply.
1 REPLY 1
Options
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
By default, the FortiGate will use 169.254.1.1/24 (or similar) for the FortiLink interface. You can a different subnet if you wanted to.
We keep the default Fortilink settings and add the switches to our management VLAN for SNMP, NetFlow, etc.
Announcements
Select Forum Responses to become Knowledge Articles!
Select the “Nominate to Knowledge Base” button to recommend a forum post to become a knowledge article.
Labels
-
FortiGate
8,747 -
FortiClient
1,775 -
5.2
801 -
FortiManager
736 -
5.4
639 -
FortiAnalyzer
563 -
FortiSwitch
476 -
FortiAP
474 -
FortiClient EMS
436 -
6.0
416 -
5.6
362 -
FortiMail
321 -
6.2
251 -
SSL-VPN
249 -
FortiAuthenticator v5.5
234 -
IPsec
212 -
FortiWeb
207 -
5.0
196 -
FortiNAC
191 -
FortiGuard
139 -
6.4
128 -
SD-WAN
117 -
FortiAuthenticator
106 -
FortiGateCloud
102 -
FortiSIEM
99 -
FortiCloud Products
98 -
FortiToken
92 -
Firewall policy
84 -
Customer Service
80 -
Wireless Controller
80 -
4.0MR3
64 -
FortiProxy
60 -
High Availability
56 -
Fortivoice
54 -
FortiADC
54 -
vlan
53 -
FortiEDR
52 -
ZTNA
49 -
Routing
47 -
FortiExtender
45 -
FortiSandbox
44 -
DNS
44 -
FortiDNS
42 -
LDAP
42 -
BGP
40 -
Authentication
39 -
FortiGate v5.4
35 -
SAML
35 -
NAT
35 -
Certificate
35 -
FortiSwitch v6.4
34 -
RADIUS
34 -
SSO
33 -
Interface
31 -
FortiConnect
30 -
VDOM
30 -
FortiLink
29 -
FortiWAN
27 -
Application control
27 -
Web profile
27 -
FortiConverter
25 -
Logging
25 -
Virtual IP
25 -
FortiGate v5.2
24 -
SSL SSH inspection
23 -
FortiPAM
22 -
Fortigate Cloud
20 -
FortiSwitch v6.2
19 -
FortiPortal
19 -
FortiGate-VM
18 -
FortiMonitor
18 -
Traffic shaping
17 -
SSID
16 -
Automation
16 -
WAN optimization
16 -
FortiDDoS
15 -
FortiSoar
15 -
OSPF
15 -
System settings
15 -
FortiGate v5.0
14 -
Static route
14 -
Web application firewall profile
14 -
IP address management - IPAM
14 -
SNMP
13 -
Admin
13 -
FortiCASB
12 -
FortiManager v5.0
11 -
FortiRecorder
11 -
Security profile
11 -
Proxy policy
11 -
FortiManager v4.0
10 -
FortiBridge
10 -
IPS signature
10 -
FortiAP profile
10 -
4.0MR2
9 -
FortiGate v4.0 MR3
9 -
FortiWeb v5.0
9 -
Traffic shaping policy
9 -
Intrusion prevention
9 -
FortiDeceptor
8 -
RMA Information and Announcements
8 -
Port policy
8 -
4.0
7 -
FortiAnalyzer v5.0
7 -
FortiCache
7 -
DNS filter
7 -
Antivirus profile
7 -
Fabric connector
7 -
Web rating
7 -
Fortinet Engage Partner Program
7 -
FortiToken Cloud
6 -
Explicit proxy
6 -
trunk
6 -
Packet capture
6 -
Traffic shaping profile
6 -
API
5 -
FortiTester
5 -
Users
5 -
Email filter profile
5 -
3.6
4 -
FortiCarrier
4 -
FortiScan
4 -
FortiDirector
4 -
Internet service database
4 -
Application signature
4 -
Authentication rule and scheme
4 -
DLP sensor
4 -
Netflow
4 -
Replacement messages
4 -
Cloud Management Security
4 -
FortiDB
3 -
FortiHypervisor
3 -
FortiNDR
3 -
NAC policy
3 -
DLP Dictionary
3 -
DLP profile
3 -
DoS policy
3 -
Protocol option
3 -
TACACS
3 -
SDN connector
3 -
Service
3 -
VoIP profile
3 -
Multicast routing
3 -
FortiInsight
2 -
FortiAI
2 -
Kerberos
2 -
Schedule
2 -
Multicast policy
2 -
Zone
2 -
Vulnerability Management
2 -
4.0MR1
1 -
FortiManager-VM
1 -
FortiCWP
1 -
Subscription Renewal Policy
1 -
Video Filter
1 -
ICAP profile
1
Top Kudoed Authors
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 1733 | |
| 1106 | |
| 752 | |
| 447 | |
| 240 |
Broad. Integrated. Automated.
The Fortinet Security Fabric brings together the concepts of convergence and consolidation to provide comprehensive cybersecurity protection for all users, devices, and applications and across all network edges.
Security Research
Company
News & Articles
Copyright 2024 Fortinet, Inc. All Rights Reserved.