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Hardware/Software Switch and Interface routing advice

Hi there,

 

I have a FWF61E, F/W v6.4.2 build 1723 (GA).

 

I have set up 3 ports as a switch (hardware or software - I still don't really know the diff), and would like all devices to be able to talk to each other.

 

Devices 1-3 are fine and can talk to each other as expected. However, I am having trouble with getting device 4 to talk to devices 1-3, without setting an IP on the switch. I cannot ping from device1,2,3 to 4, or from device4 to devices1,2,3...

 

I have the firewall policies set as allowing everything. I have also set a static route to subnet1.

 

Please advise.

 

Thanks in advance.

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sw2090
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hm sincer you switch has no ip and the arp table that tells the switch whichhost is on which oort is only on the switch - the rest of the fortigate does not know where to route traffic to the subnets connected to the switch I guess.

So I'd suggest either give the switch an ip in all three subnets to have a connected route on the FGT for each subnet or create static routes with destination interface the switch.

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