Here a rewrite of a post on the forum of Fortinet. Credits go to dennisv on this Thread: https://forum.fortinet.com/tm.aspx?m=167911 This post concerns when a freshly installed Trial license of a FortiGate VM does not work, due to an error in the evaluation license. An error at the GUI or CLI appears. First edit the Virtual […]
Author: Philip
openSUSE VNC Viewer
When VNC Viewer does not work to connect to openSUSE. Try the following on openSUSE at the command prompt: update-alternatives –config default-displaymanager Connect with VNC Viewer to openSUSE.
Create ADOM in FortiManager
It’s very easy to create an ADOM in FortiManager. Log in to the FortiManager: Select an ADOM: root: Choose System Settings: Choose: All ADOMs ==> Create New: Enter a Name for the New ADOM and click OK: An ADOM is added, ADOM Real:
Moving a FortiGate in FortiManager from an ADOM to another ADOM
Moving a FortiGate from one ADOM to another, when a FortiGate is placed in the wrong ADOM. ADOM is root, FortiGate is NGFW-1. We want to move NGFW-1 to ADOM:Core Select “DeviceManager” Select “System Settings” Select/Edit the ADOM where we want to move the FortiGate to: “Core”Notice at ADOM root which has 1 device. Click […]
Tunnel and OSPF
Here an example of 1 corporate router with connections to 3 branche routers. Each connection is with a serial interface. The routing is done with OSPF.The example is created with Cisco Packet Tracer. Partial running-config of CORP CORP# ! OUTPUT OMITTED ! interface Loopback0 ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 ! interface Tunnel0 ip address 10.0.10.1 255.255.255.252 […]
Cisco CLI
aaa authentication line default methode1 methode2 aaa authentication login default aaa new model clear ip ospf proces default-information originate “interface sub-command: bandwidth speed” “interface sub-command: ip mtu xxx ip ospf cost x ipv6 mtu xxx” ip address negotiated ip host Server 172.16.20.254 ipv6 access-list Block_Telnet ipv6 host Server1 2001:db8:3c4d:1:a14c:8c3:2d1:be3d “OSPF sub-command: auto-cost reference-bandwidth speed router-id […]
Cisco command: show (3)
show access-lists show cdp show cdp interface show cdp neighbors show cdp neighbors detail show cdp traffic show host show interace fa0/0 show interfaces show interfaces fastEthernet 0/15 switchport show interfaces trunk show ip bgp show ip bgp neighbors show ip bgp summary show ip default-gateway show ip eigrp events show ip eigrp interfaces show […]
Port-channel
An example of port-channel with 3 switches. Partial config of switch SW1: interface Port-channel1 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk ! interface Port-channel2 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk media-type rj45 negotiation auto channel-group 1 mode active ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 switchport trunk encapsulation […]
Cisco command: show (2)
Some show commands which might come in handy. EIGRP show ip protocols show ip eigrp neighbors show ip eigrp topology show ip route eigrp show ip eigrp topology all-links show ip eigrp interface show ipv6 protocols show ipv6 eigrp neighbors show ipv6 route eigrp show ipv6 eigrp interface CDP show cdp show cdp neighbors show […]
Tunnel mode gre ip
Configuring a tunnel between 2 Cisco 2811 routers, done in Cisco Packet Tracer. Partial config of RouterA RouterA#show running-config ! ! interface Tunnel0 ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 mtu 1476 tunnel source Serial1/0 tunnel destination 63.1.1.2 ! ! interface FastEthernet0/0 ip address 10.0.10.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Serial1/0 ip address 63.1.1.1 255.255.255.252 clock […]