How to set up your FortiWAN
Planning the network topology
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WAN types: Routing mode and Bridge mode
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Scenarios to deploy subnets
No matter an available subnet (routing mode) or an IP range of a shared subnet you obtain from ISP, you will need
making a plan how to deploy the multiple IP addresses.
To deploy the available subnet that ISP provides (routing mode) on FortiWAN, there are four different scenarios (be
called subnet types as well) for your options:
Subnet in WAN
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Deploy the subnet in WAN.
Subnet in DMZ
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Deploy the subnet in DMZ.
Subnet in WAN and DMZ
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Deploy the subnet in both WAN and DMZ. FortiWAN’s Public IP Pass-
through function makes the two Ethernet segments in WAN and in DMZ one
IP subnetwork (See "
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Subnet on Localhost
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Deploy the whole subnet on localhost.
For cases of obtaining an IP range (bridge mode), the IP addresses could be allocated to:
IP(s) on Localhost
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Allocate the IP addresses on localhost.
IP(s) in WAN
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Allocate the IP addresses in WAN.
IP(s) in DMZ
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Allocate the IP addresses in DMZ.
Static Routing Subnet
If there are subnets, which are called static routing subnets, connected to a basic subnet, it’s necessary to configure
the static routing for external accessing to the static routing subnets.
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VLAN and port mapping
Customers can assign every physical port (except the HA port) to be a WAN port, LAN port or a DMZ port on demand,
which is called Port Mapping as well. The WAN ports, LAN ports and DMZ ports are actually physical ports on
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