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FortiWLC – Enterprise Mesh Troubleshooting

Enterprise Mesh Troubleshooting Viewing Mesh Topology The WebUI provides a Mesh Topology view to quickly assess the current mesh deployment. To access it, navigate to Configuration > Wireless > Mesh > [select mesh] > Mesh Topology. Within the Mesh Topology tab, click the displayed mesh nodes to expand the tree […]

August 28, 2018September 3, 2018 Administration Guides, FortiWLC No Comments

FortiWLC – Configuring VLAN in MESH

Configuring VLAN in MESH Mesh APs now supports VLAN trunking. Before you enable VLAN trunking on a mesh network, follow the recommendations listed below: Secondary redundancy network is not support and hence use mesh rediscovery to achieve redundancy. The gateway AP in a VLAN mesh should use ESS and port […]

August 27, 2018September 3, 2018 Administration Guides, FortiWLC No Comments

FortiWLC – Installing and Configuring an Enterprise Mesh System

Installing and Configuring an Enterprise Mesh System Determine Antenna Placement An Enterprise Mesh uses APs (as repeaters) to extend the range of wireless coverage. An AP in a Enterprise Mesh configuration is directed to look for a signal from a Parent AP. As such, antenna placement and reception is important […]

August 26, 2018September 3, 2018 Administration Guides, FortiWLC No Comments

FortiWLC – Mesh Network

Mesh Network Enterprise Mesh is an optional wireless alternative for the Ethernet links connecting APs to controllers. Deploy the Enterprise Mesh system to replace a switched wired backbone with a completely wireless 802.11 backbone, while providing similar levels of throughput, QoS, and service fidelity. The following are Enterprise Mesh features: […]

August 25, 2018September 3, 2018 Administration Guides, FortiWLC No Comments

FortiWLC – DSCP Marking for Management Packets

DSCP Marking for Management Packets You can apply Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) values to management and application traffic (see Application Visibility Enhancements section). DSCP value is a selectable field that can be used to assign various levels of precedence to network traffic. By default, traffic packets contained an EF […]

August 24, 2018September 3, 2018 Administration Guides, FortiWLC No Comments

FortiWLC – Load Balancing for APs in Virtual Cell

Load Balancing for APs in Virtual Cell You can configure load balancing to effectively distribute wireless clients to alternate access points. The load balancing is performed by the controller based on two factors; Current Load of the AP and RSSI value of the client. Current load of an AP – […]

August 23, 2018September 3, 2018 Administration Guides, FortiWLC No Comments

IPsec VPNs and certificates

IPsec VPNs and certificates Certificate authentication is a more secure alternative to preshared key (shared secret) authentication for IPsec VPN peers. Unlike administrators or SSL VPN users, IPsec peers use HTTP to connect to the VPN gateway configured on the FortiGate unit. The VPN gateway configuration can require certificate authentication […]

July 2, 2016 FortiOS 5.4 Handbook No Comments

Certificate-based authentication

Certificate–based authentication This section provides an overview of how the FortiGate unit verifies the identities of administrators, SSL VPN users, or IPsec VPN peers using X.509 security certificates. The following topics are included in this section: What is a security certificate? Certificates overview Managing X.509 certificates Configuring certificate-based authentication Example […]

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