Here in this article we will understand how policy routes works in fortigate firewall with scenario. Here is the topology: There are two LAN networks and two ISP connections, requirement is to forward LAN 1 connections towards internet only through ISP1 and LAN2 connections towards internet through ISP2 and LAN1 and LAN2 should be able to contact each other. Now […]
Here in this article we will understand how to advertise routes through IBGP even if there is no exact prefix match in routing table. By default, IBGP will advertise prefix only if there is an exact match in the routing table. To change this default behavior, you need to disable “network-import-check” under BGP settings. By disabling this check, IBGP will […]
Here in this article we will understand how to configure static route in fortigate firewall. Static route will let you know how to pass the traffic towards specific interface to reach the destination. Lets say your requirement is want to pass the traffic for specific IP address towards specific interface you can configure static route. Here the requirement is we […]
Here in this article we will understand how policy routes will work and how to configure policy routes in fortigate firewall. Use of Policy Routes: Lets say in your environment you have multiple ISP, you want to route specific traffic through specific ISP then you can go for policy routes. Policy routes will have higher precedence than routing table in […]