transparent vs NAT mode

[Umesh]

Hi  everyone,

I just wanted to know in which saturation/condition we should deploy fortigate as the transparent mode or NAT mode, I am asking you all because I am new in FortiGate firewall.

Thank you,

Umesh

[jhussain_FTNT]

Hi Umesh,

Transparent mode is used primarily when there is a need to increase network protection but changing the configuration of the network itself is impractical. In NAT/Route mode, a FortiGate unit is installed as a gateway or router between two networks

Kindly refer the below document

http://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.0.0/handbook/354989/nat-mode-and-transparent-mode

Regards

Jamal