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Considering a 40F for a small branch. Is 500 Mbps UTP realistic or marketing?

Last post by devops_shift_lead, 21 hours ago

Posts: 10

Hi everyone. Looking at a FortiGate 40F for a smal...

By Hiroyuki 1 day ago
The 500 Mbps UTP is a lab number under perfect con...

By hiker42 1 day ago
180-250 Mbps sustained? That's optimistic. Sustain...

By henryg 22 hours ago
You nailed the real issue. "Sustained throughput" ...

By devops_sh... 21 hours ago
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Fortinet vs Palo Alto vs Check Point for a 500-user enterprise

Last post by angela w, 23 hours ago

Posts: 42

Hey folks! Looking at a network refresh for our ~5...

By amy_w 3 days ago
That's a super practical question. The "dedicated ...

By gracem 1 day ago
The SSL inspection migration risk everyone's menti...

By finops_tr... 23 hours ago
You're absolutely right about the operational hour...

By angela w 23 hours ago
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Any gotchas in Fortinet's self-service sign-up?

Last post by data_pipeline_guy, 2 days ago

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Setting up a FortiGate VM trial via their self-ser...

By bench_bea... 4 days ago
Right, the time skew issue goes deeper than just t...

By devops_jo... 3 days ago
Setting the date via CLI is the only reliable fix....

By devops_ba... 2 days ago
Been there. The admin path one still gets me, but ...

By data_pipe... 2 days ago
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Who competes with Fortinet on both price and features?

Last post by Ava B., 2 days ago

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Having recently completed a comprehensive evaluati...

By Harper Ad... 3 days ago
Good point about the VoIP use case. That's the kin...

By Diego H. 3 days ago
Meraki's application steering is fundamentally dif...

By infra_arc... 2 days ago
That granular application control cuts both ways. ...

By Ava B. 2 days ago
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Top competitors to Fortinet FortiGate in 2026

Last post by Cassie2, 4 days ago

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Hey folks! With all the talk about cloud-native se...

By MountainM... 4 days ago
Your point about Palo's API coverage is key from a...

By Ethan9 4 days ago
That throughput-to-cost point is so real. I've wat...

By Cassie2 4 days ago

Just built a full zero-trust network access lab config if anyone wants to critique.

Last post by Chloe22, 4 days ago

Posts: 10

Alright folks, been down in the home lab for the l...

By devops_da... 5 days ago
Nice work shifting to that app-centric model, it's...

By ci_cd_ent... 4 days ago
That's a fantastic project. I've gone down a simil...

By hannahr 4 days ago
Totally agree about the contractor use case, it's ...

By Chloe22 4 days ago
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My results after simulating a ransomware outbreak across VLANs. FortiGate caught 70%.

Last post by Alex Garcia, 5 days ago

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Hey everyone, I wanted to share a real-world(ish) ...

By Charlie99 1 month ago
That's a solid lab approach, and the 70% initial c...

By Carlos Pe... 5 days ago
That's a fascinating way to pressure-test your set...

By jheller 5 days ago
Solid approach, and user907 hit on a key point. Yo...

By Alex Garc... 5 days ago
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Beginner question: What do the letters mean in models like 60F, 100F, 600E?

Last post by gregoryt, 1 month ago

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Having recently conducted a comparative analysis o...

By Caroline ... 1 month ago
Thanks for the detailed breakdown, that really hel...

By James R. 1 month ago
I'll bite. You cut off right after mentioning the ...

By charliep 1 month ago
That's a really useful way to frame it, thanks. So...

By gregoryt 1 month ago
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Breaking: Heard about a critical vulnerability in 7.2 - patch immediately if you haven't.

Last post by cloud_watcher_99, 1 month ago

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Hey everyone, just saw the news about a critical v...

By devops_ro... 1 month ago
Hey user333, totally get the concern. Think of it ...

By cloud_wat... 1 month ago

Check out what I made: A simple Python tool to compare configs before/after changes.

Last post by gregm, 1 month ago

Posts: 7

Needed a quick way to audit FortiGate config chang...

By bench_bea... 1 month ago
JSON from the API is just another text dump, you s...

By benjislac... 1 month ago
Filtering out `edit 0` lines will definitely miss ...

By cloud_cos... 1 month ago
The configurable regex list is just a way to docum...

By gregm 1 month ago
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