Mar 6, 2014 | Blog, Hardware, Network, Services, Software
Usually when setting up a new firewall, the interface speeds, specifically the WAN interface speed is set to “auto” and will attempt to negotiate the speed of the connection. Most of the time this is OK and you don’t have to adjust this setting...
Dec 2, 2013 | Blog, Hardware, Internet, Network, Services, Software
Recently we experienced an issue with a FortiGate firewall where you could not access the GUI using the management IP address although it had been working without issues previously. SSH/Ping/Etc. were still functional but the GUI did not respond when trying to open...
Nov 22, 2013 | Blog, Hardware, Internet, Network, Services, Software
Quite often I have to use the CLI interface on FortiGate firewalls to troubleshoot traffic connections, VPNs, etc. Using the built in CLI is very useful and powerful tool to isolate issues and resolve very quickly rather than pouring through traffic logs using...
Nov 13, 2013 | Blog, Hardware, Internet, Network, Services, Software
When thinking about various firewall configurations, one of the most important items is high availability. Not only high availability when it comes to the physical hardware and the ability to have one firewall take over for another in case of a failure, but also...