Hi All, I am a Fortigate newbie and need some help. I have a 40F unit
running FortiOS 6.4.10 and am trying to set up multiple VLANs on an
802.3ad aggregate interface consisting of physical ports 2 and 3. It is
for internal use on my home LAN. Here’s ...
Hi Graham, I understand what you are saying when it comes to the devices
plugged directly into various ports on the managed switch using RJ45
cables. The problem I’m trying to solve is the mixture of devices coming
in over the eero mesh which would b...
Hi All, Thanks for all of the input. I have learned a tremendous amount
from all of you and you have cleared up many misconceptions I had about
what the Fortigate is capable of and how it works. At this point, I’m
going to take a step back and search...
Hi Mohamed, Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I have deleted the
Aggregate 802.3ad interface I had set up and went back to using a
Hardware Switch. Currently it only has Ports 2 and 3 in it but I will
eventually add Port 1 back into it. I don’...
Hi Mohamed, Thanks again for your insight and patience. I will forget
about the VLAN since I don’t have a switch or WiFi mesh capable of
tagging. I will opt for assigning IP addresses by MAC into various
ranges depending on the type of device (server...
Hi Toshi, Gaber, and sw2090, First off, I only have the 40F without the
WiFi. But, things are starting to make more sense now. I do not have
anything capable of tagging packets with a particular VLAN ID before the
traffic hits the Fortigate unit. The...
