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Fortigate hardware vs software switch4/30/2023 ![]() It can be used if physical interfaces and WiFi interfaces/SSIDs/etc. Software Switch: This is a logical (!) bound of interfaces of different types.In any case, each created switch type must be configured with an IP address. As we have seen already, the software switch is present in any scenario, while the other ones are only possible in the “interface” mode. Set internal - switch - mode ), and the last column shows the possible switch types that can be configured within these scenarios (software, hardware, VLAN): Switch Mode ![]() The first column shows the configured switch mode ( This table lists the possible switch types. ![]() ![]() Though I still don’t know exactly all differences, I am trying to explain some of them here. While there is a lot of information on the Internet about the “internal-switch- mode” of “ switch/interface“, I have not found any good information about the differences between the “ Hardware/Software/VLAN” switch types that are configured via the GUI or via the “virtual-switch-vlan enable” CLI command. I am still a bit confused about the different switch types a FortiGate firewall is able to handle. ![]()
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