In Part 2 we overview SMB Topology and start the build with Software Switch, Interfaces, and Vlans.
By the end of this series you'll have a fully configured FortiGate 40F — VLANs, firewall policies, IPS, SSL inspection, VPN, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer — all explained step by step on real hardware.
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60 Second Troubleshooting Map → spatixnetworks.com/map
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:15 Removing Hardware Switch
1:50 SMB Topology
3:25 Building Software Switch
3:57 Building VLAN Interfaces
7:35 Wrap Up & Part 3