I ran into this too—wanted to bulk monitor domains with similar patterns
and thought a wildcard would do it. Turns out Fortinet doesn’t support
traditional wildcards like *.domain.com in Watchlists directly. Best
workaround I found was scripting API-...
I’ve seen FortiClient keep prompting for credentials when deployed via
Intune if the configuration profile isn’t pushing VPN settings
correctly. Double-check that the XML config includes saved credentials
or SSO settings, and that user certificates a...
I’ve seen FortiSwitch ports show as "down" in the GUI even though
traffic flows fine. In my case, it was a mismatch between firmware
versions and FortiLink settings. Make sure LLDP is enabled and confirm
the switch is fully authorized in FortiGate. A...
I had the same issue—VPN connects fine on Linux Mint, but DNS leaks or
fails over Wi-Fi. What helped was disabling dnsmasq and manually setting
the DNS in /etc/resolv.conf after the VPN connects. Also try using
resolvconf or systemd-resolved dependin...
I've seen similar behavior when using SAML auth with Azure and
Fortinet’s implicit proxy—especially if the session tokens aren’t
properly cached or the IdP times out during redirection. Double-check
your relay state settings and session timeouts. Als...
