Using Port Pairing To Simplify Transparent Mode - Fortinet FortiGate 1U Quick Start Manual

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Using port pairing to simplify transparent mode

When you create a port pair, all traffic accepted by one of the paired ports can
only exit out the other port. Restricting traffic in this way simplifies your FortiGate
configuration because security policies between these interfaces are pre-
configured.
1. Switching the FortiGate unit to transparent mode and adding a static
route
2. Creating an internal and wan1 port pair
3. Creating firewall addresses
4. Creating security policies
5. Results
Using port pairing to simplify transparent mode
Protected web server
192.168.1.200
WAN 1
Internal
FortiGate
Management IP
192.168.1.100
Internet
Router
Internal Network
192.168.1.[110-150]
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