Arvin Robel

FortiGate SD-WAN Deployment using the FortiManager for HUB and Spoke ADVPN Setup

Today, I’m trying to refresh the deployment for Hub and Spoke ADVPN setup in FortiGate SDWAN Deployment. Let’s Start…. I. Creating a device groupIt is a best practice to use Device Groups as the installation target instead of the firewall itself. The reason behind this is that if you ever need to remove the FortiGate […]

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[IN PROGRESS] Fortinet SDWAN and NGFW in vWAN

Dual-role SDWAN connectivity and security (Next-Generation Firewall) Network Virtual Appliances can be deployed in the Virtual WAN hub. These virtual appliances can be used to inspect all North-South, East-West, and Internet-bound traffic.  Azure vWan comes into play when you go cross region, multi-region, doing dynamic routing across region this is where vWan comes in to

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Network Resiliency Is NOT About Redundancy

If you ask a network engineer about “resiliency,” you’ll often hear about redundant links, fast OSPF or BGP convergence, and high-availability clusters. But what if that’s only a tiny piece of the puzzle? What if true resiliency isn’t about the network never breaking, but about what happens—or doesn’t happen—when it inevitably does? Inspired by a

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Should We Aim To Be Perfect Leaders?

There is no perfect leader. Rather, good leaders can always improve through education, mentoring, experience, etc. Material: https://www.nmac.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Leadership-Development.pdf Summary: Leadership doesn’t have to be complicated. That’s the message at the heart of NMAC’s Leadership Development manual, a guide created to help nonprofits—especially those serving communities of color and working in HIV/AIDS—build stronger, more confident leaders.

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