How to see errors and discards on FortiGate interfaces

Question: How do I go about seeing interface statistics such as discards, errors etc?

I get this question a lot and figured I would make a post about it to help the masses. There is a simple way to do this. In the CLI there is a command called “fnsysctl” that you can expand upon. For example, you can type “fnsysctl ls” and get a drill down of directories. To see interface statistics you can use this command with the following expansion:

“fnsysctl ifconfig <interface name>” to see the information you are looking for. For instance, “fnsysctl ifconfig wan1”

Give it a try on your FortiGate now to see the output and learn how to use it for troubleshooting 🙂


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