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Configure SD-WAN On Fortigate Firewall

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To configure SD-WAN in FortiGate Firewall

Introduction:

SD-WAN, or Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking, is a method for using software to build wide-area networks easily. The Configurations and access methods are controlled easily and applied to all sites and also removing the requirement to manual administer each WAN device individually.

Steps to configure SD-WAN

Login to your firewall dashboard snap1 Now select network interface section snap2 Now configure wan1 interface snap3 snap4

Now configure wan2 interface snap5 snap6 Now configure SD WAN zone snap7 snap8 snap9 snap10 Select wan2 interface also in zone snap11 Configured two interface under the SD-WAN zone snap12 Now configure DNS snap13 snap14

Next step is to define SD-WAN rules snap15 snap16 snap17 This is the configured SD WAN rules snap18 Configuration of Performance SLA snap19 There should be a static route for the SD WAN snap20 Now in the end define Firewall Policy snap21 snap22 This is the configured firewall policy snap23 With this method the configuration of SD-WAN comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

What is SD-wan?

A

SD-WAN is an acronym for software-defined networking in a wide area network. SD-WAN simplifies the management and operation of a WAN by decoupling the networking hardware from its control mechanism

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What is benefit of using SD-WAN?

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The top benefits of SD-WAN are its higher capacity bandwidth, centralized management, network visibility, multiple connection types.

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What is SD-WAN zone?

A

With a zone-based firewall solution, zones are created for each part of the network that required different access/traffic control policies.

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What is SD-WAN rule in firewall?

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The SD-WAN policy rule also specifies a path quality profile of thresholds for latency, jitter, and packet loss.

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How secure is SD WAN?

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While SD-WAN architecture makes it easy to encrypt distributed traffic and centralizes network administration of that traffic, there is no default security inspection built into it.

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