Forwarding Domain Fortigate
In case there is a need to forward a particular dns request to for example a local dns server fortigate offers a function of conditional forwarding.
Forwarding domain fortigate. Have only 1 ip address allocated to you by your isp use the same ip for. Define a load balance virtual server. This can be done via gui web interface or via cli as shown below.
For vip type select ipv4. This is called conditional dns forwarding and it is supported by both the fortigates and the fortiproxy. Fortigate can be set to respond to dns queries which it then forwards on to its locally defined dns servers.
Config system dns database edit fortinet domain fortinet set domain myclient bz client s domain set authoritative disable set forwarder 145 xyz 35 200 ip of the forwarder primary dns for my client next end i then added the recursive mode for the lan interface the entire office in india. The ttl in the ip header will be reduced by 1. Enter a unique name for the virtual ip and fill in the other fields.
Stp is an ieee 802 1 protocol that ensures there are no layer 2 loops on the network. To create a virtual ip with port forwarding using the gui. Forward domain solution asymmetric routing netbios too many vlan interfaces troubleshooting vlan issues enhanced mac vlans virtual wire pairs.
In policy objects virtual ips. Firewall objects load balance virtual server create new for examle name load bal vs1 with the external ip to the sub domain on the wan interface if you. This is easily configurable in the gui.
Loops are created when there is more than one route for traffic to take and that traffic is broadcast back to the original switch. Today i was working with a customer that was running fortiproxy in a proof of concept. Multicast forwarding and fortigate devices multicast forwarding and ripv2 configuring fortigate multicast forwarding.