Managing networks on FortiLAN Cloud

A network is a logical grouping of FortiAP and FortiSwitch devices for common configuration and management. A FortiLAN Cloud account can have multiple networks. For instance, if you have 20 devices and you plan to use 10 devices in the head office and the other 10 devices in a branch office, then you would create two networks.

In a network, you can also group devices into subsets (sites) and then apply configurations to those subsets. For example, in an office building, you can have a device subset for each floor of the building.

Though it is possible and valid to have a single network containing all devices, and apply configurations to subsets of devices, the recommendation is that you create multiple independent networks.

Adding a Network

1. Log in to FortiCloud and access FortiLAN Cloud.
2. On the Home page, click Add Network.
3. Type a name for the network.
4. Select a time zone. This is the time zone of the FortiAP devices that you want to manage with this network.
5. Click Submit.
   
   

   The newly created network is added to the FortiLAN Cloud Home page.
   

6. Click the network that you created and configure FortiAPs and FortiSwitches.

Cloning a Network

You can clone (in the same Master account) all the configuration in an existing network to a new network. On the home page, click Actions against the network that you want to clone and select Clone.

Specify a unique name for the network and select your time zone, click Submit. The network is cloned.

FortiAP - All configurations except MAC Access Control are cloned. FortiSwitches - Only the following configurations are cloned. Switch Tags - No switches are assigned to tags. Zero Touch Configurations – Tag or model based configurations are cloned, device based configurations are NOT cloned. Scheduled Upgrade – Tag based configurations are cloned. Network VLAN Templates

Additionally, you can rename or delete a network from the Actions column.