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VPN Debug
(2018-08-02) Problem Site to site VPN not coming up. Solution it depends what you would like to t...
Traffic Shaping Policy
(2019-07-08) Problem Traffic shaping wtf? Solution In 5.6, traffic shaping was removed from IPv4 ...
System Version from CLI
(2019-01-10) What firmware am I running? # get system status Version: FortiGate-60D v5.6.2,build1...
SSLVPN DNS Suffix
(2019-03-13) Problem SSLVPN users have to use FQDNs instead of short names when connecting to off...
SSL Security Settings
(2019-03-13) Problem Standard configuration for (more) secure crypto Solution config sys global ...
SSH Pubkey Login
(2018-12-19) Problem Want SSH Pubkey authentication for my AD-backed administrative user. Specifi...
Routing Table
(2019-05-28) Problem Routing table? Solution get router info routing-table all get router info ...
List DHCP Clients CLI
(2019-02-13) Problem Using the CLI, list current assigned DHCP leases. Solution For interface "in...
IPsec Not Passing Packets
(2019-09-12) Problem IPsec tunnel to another device (in this case, a Watchguard). Tunnel shows as...
FortiOS LLDP
(2019-01-22) Solution So apparently FortiGates can do LLDP, you just have to turn it on. config s...
VPN Ciphers, Encryption, DH Settings Recommendations
(2019-03-13) Problem What are the recommended settings for IPSEC VPNs? (Updated 25 April 2023) IK...
BGP Sessions
(2020-06-24) Problem Soft-bounce bgp sessions. This should cause peers to hold on to the routes w...
BGP Neighbors
(2020-06-18) BGP Neighbor status? # get router info bgp neighbors … # get router info bgp neighbo...
Wifi Clients Connect But Can't Get DHCP Lease
(2019-04-17) Problem Wifi clients connect but can't get DHCP lease from either the Fortigate or f...
VPN Flapping Leads To Bogus Routing
(2018-01-30) Problem Two computers, A and B, trying to connect across a site-to-site VPN to compu...
System Time
(2018-12-03) Problem Show system time on a FortiGate. Solution # exec time current time is: 19:0...
SSLVPN Logs Out After 8 Hours
(2018-01-26) Problem SSLVPN disconnects after 8 hours. Solution config vpn ssl settings set auth-...
RTC Power Status Failed
(2018-12-03) Problem Firewall doesn't boot. When you hook a console up to it, it says: Error: RTC...
List SSLVPN Users
(2018-06-11) Problem List connected SSLVPN users. Solution exec vpn sslvpn list
List DHCP Client Leases
(2018-08-15) Problem Find the current list of DHCP clients for a Fortigate DHCP server. Solution ...