Fortinet: How to Setup SSL/VPN to Remotely Connect to a FortiGate firewall

Offering secure work from home options is a necessity for just about any business, and Fortinet's FortiGate firewall along with FortiClient Endpoint Protection can allow your employees just that.
In this how to video, Firewalls.com Network Engineer Matt takes you through what you need to do setup SSL/VPN to connect to your FortiGate from outside of the network using FortiClient, to provide secure telework options for your organization.
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[@chadwicktyrone8894]

Straight to the point with no fluff!!

[@AjmerSingh1]

Easy and Straightforward video. Thanks man!

[@marvinmhura7660]

Thank you so much, this just made my job easy.

[@LeonardoSouzalfspiff]

Thanks guy! resolved my problem in min.

[@pausyang]

thank you for the video ! This helped me alot.

[@JRCentrex]

Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@victordomingos5683]

Simple and objective, fantastic explanation, thanks

[@firewallsDotCom]

Thanks very much for the feedback, and for watching!

[@koybalatucan8988]

Hi Matt, Can you help me how can I change my primary isp. Thank you

[@jimmyshow8964]

Hi there
I am wondering if FortiGate 60E comes with VPN licenses

[@619Hiker]

Do you have a video on how to setup an SSL-VPN with a split tunnel?

[@hanzgame9355]

Thanks for the video. I am a beginner to this fortigate. It worked well when I am in the same network but when I used 4G on my phone and tried to connect using WEB or FortiClient on the 4G it did not work and when I came home and I wanted to modify something on my firewall I couldn't access. please tell me how?

[@nftechinformation8040]

thanks for sharing brilliant information..

[@firewallsDotCom]

Thanks very much for the feedback, and for watching!

[@mdabdulmoiz]

can we have a custom installer so that end-user when connect to SSL VPN they directly get the installer with preconfigured settings so they just enter credentials and use?

[@rforestier]

Nice info.!!

[@savaskuyumcuoglu4796]

thank you man. it helped a lot

[@firewallsDotCom]

Glad it helped

[@cturboaddict]

I have the Fortigate VPN. I'm using it to access a NAS on my network via a mapped network drive. When I'm outside, the problem is, I'm using the actual internet that is on my network, which causes huge delays in regular internet use, as I'm limited to the upload speed back to my PC. Is there a way to configure the Fortigate VPN to only access the network drive and use my internet wherever I am located?

[@dylanang1372]

if i wanna setup it for my office local network access from public or outside, this will also help right?

[@sathyasekar2938]

I have 2 firewall in my onprimes. 1st FW normal configure I know and 2nd VPN only How to configure

[@197syahnur]

hello there, does Forticlient masks the user's IP address just like Outline VPN (or Nord VPN)

[@JosephJozwik]

Can forticlient work with Smart Card Authentication, like Smart Card User Cert authentication only without the user password?

[@chewingcharcter2078]

Very nice guide, now I have my VPN up and running. Thanks a lot.

[@abbaskabir3788]

Thank You it's Work

[@Jk-gf9hj]

Please make video on how to open firewall port on fortinet firewall

[@nidhiii1434]

Will you please upload the the for beginners

[@geoffvandermerwe6220]

Thanks Bud !

[@MohammadOMAR683]

Thank you so much for sharing this guide.

[@MUSIKAHAN3]

Thank you so much for this tutorial

[@fredrickmumba8825]

This is amazing man.
Thank you for the video

[@firewallsDotCom]

Thanks very much for the feedback, and for watching!

[@mohamedabbes6064]

Please sir this probelm appears to me when i try to connect on my pc while working from home (credential or ssl vpn configuration is wrong (-7200)).

[@sagarr353]

I do have a question here, how many SSL/IPSEC VPN settings can be created in a firewall?

[@adstv1434]

hi this is possible my synology nas connect other fortinet and using forticlient?

[@lemonekodc4922]

Hello Mat, This guide is great. by the way just want to confirm if on this guide you also have a Forticlient subscription in place or just the free forticlient is used?

[@smart1hashi]

Can i setup up the vpn for my home user to access my home qnap without FortiGate firewal subscriptions i only bought second hand FortiGate firewal device 60F?

[@yasserabureida1173]

How I can access to local devices?

[@scotthuffman2053]

Hello - I was able to use one of your videos to build a vpn tunnel between 2 locations. Do you have a video on how to configure VPN users to log into location 1 and then be able to access location 2 via the VPN tunnel between the 2 locations?

[@umairiqbal8747]

you have to create one more policy at loc 1 to route ssl traffic in between

[@scotthuffman1563]

@@umairiqbal8747 Hello can you show an example?

[@thenetworkoddmin]

Does this tunnel all traffic to the fortigate branch or just the traffic going for internal resources? Great video btw.

[@firewallsDotCom]

Tunnel all refers to all the traffic. The traffic that is Destin for the privet networks as well as any traffic going out to the internet will be sent to the firewall. Thanks for your comment and be sure to subscribe for new content.

[@TimelessMoto]

Hi,, i installed forticlient now its showing unlicensed and showing 30 days access , i dont know how to check license of vpn

[@DirkyMcDirkerFace]

Much easier to understand than the manual. Thank you😊

[@firewallsDotCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@azee6532]

1:53
In the IPV4 policy, how did you get SSL VPN tunnel interface automatically? I am not getting that interface, I am only getting WAN and INternal LAN interface. How to set it up?

[@axxoaxx288]

he didnt explain it completely

[@buttsaabgreat]

i have connected using forticlient vpn but my disconnect button isn't showing

[@Arayankodesouth]

awesome

[@firewallsDotCom]

Thanks for the feedback, and for watching!

[@tabatabaeitabatabaei4238]

Nice demonstration, thanks

[@firewallsDotCom]

You are welcome!

[@xeritum]

Ihr seid so geil!!

[@suavestats]

I have my setup exactly as yours, but when I connect to the VPN I can RDP into my desktop but I can't ping it. Is there another step to allow ping to work? I do have my service set to ALL
Thank you!
Edit: I also have ping enabled on the interface

[@kunchalasamson5686]

off firewall and anti virus

[@azee6532]

What if firewall is connected to a ISP router and firewall is having private WAN IP from router. How will users from outside connect to private WAN IP via FORTICLIENT?

[@vz4798]

Please answer this

[@azee6532]

@@vz4798 I have got the answer man after searchng for so long. So what we need to do is to enable NAT so that the WAN IP of the router can translate to the LAN IP and then specify the external and internal ports.

[@vz4798]

@@azee6532 that’s it? Literally enable NAT on the FortiGate policy? Lol I’m banging my head against the wall if it’s this simple

[@vilmagul7607]

I can connect from my internal network. But I cant connect to the FortiClient VPN from any outside network. Anyone know why?

[@vz4798]

Why do you recommend a hotspot?

[@tinamaly1900]

I keep getting input value not valid - can't get past it

[@feanyplace]

Introdução bala.

[@buttsaabgreat]

kindly tell what will be your public ip if u check on google while connected through SSL VPN

[@umairiqbal8747]

if will be public ip of fortigate if split tunneling if not enabled

[@vincenzoromeo2924]

Tks for your video.I've a question. Why forticlient do not warn for invalid server certificate?

[@pandiyang3270]

FortiClient Lunch console which username and password given

[@samimohammad8628]

Adding users to group not shown

[@black_heart_gaming583]

Worked for me, ty!

[@da5731.]

How to get same IP addresses as the internal network ?

[@zainulabideen7958]

RIP head phone users at start of the video.

[@bennyedward9962]

hahaha yes...

[@axxoaxx288]

this one is incomplete.. you didnt mentioned all the requirement. waste.. so many option didnt get for novice person