☰
✕
✕

Configure SD-WAN On Fortigate Firewall

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 Now select network interface section Now configure wan1 interface

Now configure wan2 interface Now configure SD WAN zone Select wan2 interface also in zone Configured two interface under the SD-WAN zone Now configure DNS

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

Tag : SD-WAN FortiGate
FAQ
Q
How secure is SD WAN?
A
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.
Q
What is SD-WAN rule in firewall?
A
The SD-WAN policy rule also specifies a path quality profile of thresholds for latency, jitter, and packet loss.
Q
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.
Q
What is benefit of using SD-WAN?
A
The top benefits of SD-WAN are its higher capacity bandwidth, centralized management, network visibility, multiple connection types.
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