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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 ...
Forticlient Registering To Fortigate
(2018-02-02) Problem My FortiClient users are getting prompted to "register" their FortiClients a...
Factory Reset
(2018-03-01) Problem The reset to factory settings using the GUI is not available in v5.4. Soluti...
Debug Sniffer
(2017-11-23) Problem Want to sniff traffic flow. Solution # diag sniffer packet <interface> <'fil...
Debug Session
(2018-01-30) Session operations di sys session list Set a filter: di sys session filter di sys s...
Debug Flow
(2018-01-30) Debugging Flow Example: diag debug enable diag debug flow filter addr 203.160.224.97...
CPU is pinned
(2018-06-11) Problem CPU on Fortigate is maxed out for a long period of time (hours, days). Solut...