Hi Guys i am trying to configure a fortigate 100d unit. After resetting to factory settings, the unit defaults to 1 hardware swtich without any vlan tagging. I am trying to create a situation where different ports interfaces will have different vlan tags. (e.g port 10 will have vlan tag 10 and port 12 will have vlan tag 12) all i see is an option to create software hardware switches, assign interfaces into them and then create vlans.

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Is there a 'right way' to make fortigate 100d 'vlan friendly'? Do yourself a favor and avoid the software switch functionality if at all possible. Using a software switch prevents any functionality from being offloaded to the ASIC chips in your Fortigate.

Which causes performance issues under load. For the situations where I've wanted to use VLANs directly on the FGT, I've used the virtual switch functionality. Config sys virtual-switch Create the interfaces that you want, including the physical ports you want for each. You'll see these new virtual interfaces appear in your interface list. Then create/edit those new interfaces with your tagging options. There are some quirks with VLANs on Fortigates.

Cause it's not designed to be a L3 switch, but you can usually accomplish what you need. VLAN INFO for 5.4 http://help.fortinet.com/fos50hlp/54/Content/FortiOS/fortigate-networking-54/Interfaces/VLANs/VLANs%20in%20NAT%20mode.htm. Do yourself a favor and avoid the software switch functionality if at all possible.

Dec 24, 2017 - all i see is an option to create software hardware switches, assign. With VLANs on Fortigates. Cause it's not designed to be a L3 switch, but. If the interface is a Hardware Switch, then your FortiGate is in Interface mode. How do you change the mode? If you need to change the mode your FortiGate unit is in, first make sure none of the physical ports that make up the lan or internal interface are referenced in the FortiGate configuration (for example, in a policy or DHCP server).

Using a software switch prevents any functionality from being offloaded to the ASIC chips in your Fortigate. Which causes performance issues under load. For the situations where I've wanted to use VLANs directly on the FGT, I've used the virtual switch functionality. Config sys virtual-switch Create the interfaces that you want, including the physical ports you want for each. You'll see these new virtual interfaces appear in your interface list. Then create/edit those new interfaces with your tagging options. There are some quirks with VLANs on Fortigates.