Technical Tip: Usage of ‘auto-discovery-crossover’...

GeorgeZhong · 11-11-2024

Description This article describes different types of iprope policy groups for local-in traffic and how they are enforced on local-in traffic. Scope FortiGate. Solution The iprope table on FortiGate devices contains various iprope policy groups desig...

GeorgeZhong · 10-02-2024

Description This article describes the expected behavior of the hardware switch interface on FortiGates when a member port is removed. Scope FortiGates featuring Shared Media Interfaces. Solution A hardware switch on FortiGate serves as a virtual swi...

GeorgeZhong · 09-02-2024

Description This article describes a special behavior where the NPU offloading is not working due to ‘non-npu-intf’ but those interfaces do support hardware acceleration. This happens in some FortiGate models that include two NPU processors. Scope Fo...

GeorgeZhong · 08-21-2024

Description This article describes the functionality of the Floating IP option in the Azure Load Balancer and how to use it in the Azure FortiGate HA ILB/ELB setup. Scope Azure FortiGate HA ILB/ELB setup. Solution In an Azure FortiGate ILB/ELB HA set...

GeorgeZhong · 07-14-2024

Description This article explains the meaning of the console error log ‘unregister_vf: waiting for root to become free’ and how to process to fix it. Scope FortiGate. Solution There is a system global option ‘set cfg-save revert'. Its default setting...

GeorgeZhong · 05-27-2024

We can configure the MAC OS or Windows OS as the VPN client by using their native VPN configuration to connect to FortiGate via IPsec. Instructions are as follow: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-establish-VPN-connecti...

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Technical Tip: Introduction to the iprope policy groups on FortiGate for the local-in traffic

Technical Tip: Behavior of Hardware Switch Interface Flap When Removing a Member Port

Technical Tip: Potential cause of NPU non-offloading reason ‘non-npu-intf’ for sessions in FortiGate models with dual NPU processors

Troubleshooting Tip: Introduction to the Floating IP in Azure Load balancer and its general usage in FortiGate HA setup in Azure

Troubleshooting Tip: Explanation of console log ‘unregister_vf: waiting for root to become free’

Re: Can I use a different VPN Client instead of FortiClient?

Technical Tip: Usage of ‘auto-discovery-crossover’...

Technical Tip: How ICMP-redirect works in FortiGat...

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Technical Tip: Behavior of Hardware Switch Interfa...

Technical Tip: Potential cause of NPU non-offloadi...

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