By Manny Fernandez

October 2, 2019

Standalone FortiExtender Walkthrough

Today I was playing around with the FortiExtender and logged in to the device itself.  For those not familiar with FortiExtender, it started off as a LTE extender for the Fortigate but has evolved into a stand-alone viable option.  The closest competitor would be CradlePoint.

Fortinet now offers a cloud offering where you can manage 100’s to 1000’s of FortiExtender.  They can now operate as LTE routers for any device.  The one I am using here in my lab is a 40D which has dual SIM slots.

Login

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Here we can see the login screen.  I love the look BTW.

Statistics

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Here we can see the status of SIM1 and SIM2, signal strength, APN information and other pertinent information.

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Under FortiView, we can see the bandwidth usage as per SIM, Modem Firmware, and IMEI, and FortiExtender firmware.

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On the top right, we can see we have options for Monitor, Interfaces, DNS, Routing, Address, Services and Targets

Firewall Policies

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You can also configure firewall rules.  These are basic ACL type firewall rules and do not support the Security Profiles as we see on the Fortigate.

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Here we can see the components of the Firewall Rule.  As I mentioned before, it is limited.

IPsec VPN

 

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Here we can see the Phase II selectors.

System Settings

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Here you can force upgrades and revert to previous version of code.  One thing to note, there is a FortiExtender Firmware and there is a Modem Firmware.  Do not confuse them.

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