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Creating underlay WAN links

Creating underlay WAN links

Each FortiGate utilizes two underlay WAN links:

  • INET: simulates a local Internet breakout on each FortiGate
  • MPLS: simulates a private connection between branches and datacenters

The following table summarizes the configuration:

FortiGate

MPLS

INET

LAN

Datacenter 1

(DC1_FGT)

port4:

172.16.1.5 /24

Default Gateway:

172.16.1.6

port1:

100.64.1.5 /24

Default Gateway:

100.64.1.100

port5:

10.1.0.1/24

Datacenter 2

(DC2_FGT)

port4:

172.16.2.5 /24

Default Gateway:

172.16.2.6

port1:

100.64.2.5 /24

Default Gateway:

100.64.2.100

port5:

10.2.0.1/24

Branch 1

(Branch1_FGT)

port4:

172.16.0.1 /30

Default Gateway:

172.16.0.2

port1:

192.2.0.1 /30

Default Gateway:

192.2.0.2

vl_lan:

10.0.1.1 /24

Branch 2

(Branch2_FGT)

port4:

172.16.0.5 /30

Default Gateway:

172.16.0.6

port1:

203.0.113.2 /30

Default Gateway:

203.0.113.1

vl_lan:

10.0.2.1 /24

Creating underlay WAN links

Creating underlay WAN links

Each FortiGate utilizes two underlay WAN links:

  • INET: simulates a local Internet breakout on each FortiGate
  • MPLS: simulates a private connection between branches and datacenters

The following table summarizes the configuration:

FortiGate

MPLS

INET

LAN

Datacenter 1

(DC1_FGT)

port4:

172.16.1.5 /24

Default Gateway:

172.16.1.6

port1:

100.64.1.5 /24

Default Gateway:

100.64.1.100

port5:

10.1.0.1/24

Datacenter 2

(DC2_FGT)

port4:

172.16.2.5 /24

Default Gateway:

172.16.2.6

port1:

100.64.2.5 /24

Default Gateway:

100.64.2.100

port5:

10.2.0.1/24

Branch 1

(Branch1_FGT)

port4:

172.16.0.1 /30

Default Gateway:

172.16.0.2

port1:

192.2.0.1 /30

Default Gateway:

192.2.0.2

vl_lan:

10.0.1.1 /24

Branch 2

(Branch2_FGT)

port4:

172.16.0.5 /30

Default Gateway:

172.16.0.6

port1:

203.0.113.2 /30

Default Gateway:

203.0.113.1

vl_lan:

10.0.2.1 /24