Gaming Consoles Having Matchmaking Issues With FortiGates
A lot of people that have fairly strict policy sets end up having matchmaking issues with their gaming consoles when behind a FortiGate. I discuss two methods to resolving this issue. Videos are going...
View ArticleOctober 14, 2018 Status Updates
Latest status update discussing some video quality upgrades we will be getting soon etc.
View ArticleAdvanced logging – FortiOS 6
Advanced logging This section explains how to configure other log features within your existing log configuration. You may want to include other log features after initially configuring the log...
View ArticleTroubleshooting and logging – FortiOS 6
Troubleshooting and logging This section explains how to troubleshoot logging configuration issues, as well as connection issues, that you may have with your FortiGate unit and a log device. This...
View ArticleSIP FortiOS 6 Introduction
Introduction This FortiOS Handbook chapter contains detailed information about how FortiGates processes SIP VoIP calls and how to configure the FortiGate to apply security features to SIP calls. This...
View ArticleInside FortiOS: Voice over IP (VoIP) protection
Inside FortiOS: Voice over IP (VoIP) protection The FortiOS SIP Application Layer Gateway (ALG) allows SIP calls to pass through a FortiGate by opening SIP and RTP pinholes and performing source and...
View ArticleCommon SIP VoIP configurations
Common SIP VoIP configurations This section describes some common SIP VoIP configurations and simplified SIP dialogs for these configurations. This section also shows some examples of how adding a...
View ArticleSIP messages and media protocols
SIP messages and media protocols This section provides an overview of SIP messages and how they communicate information about SIP sessions and how SDP, RTP, and RTCP fits in with SIP communications....
View ArticleThe SIP session helper
The SIP session helper The SIP session-helper is a high-performance solution that provides basic support for SIP calls passing through the FortiGate by opening SIP and RTP pinholes and by performing...
View ArticleThe SIP ALG – VOIP in FortiOS 6
The SIP ALG In most cases you should use the SIP Application Layer Gateway (ALG) for processing SIP sessions. The SIP ALG provides the same basic SIP support as the SIP session helper. Additionally,...
View ArticleFortinet GURU Hardware Store Is Open!
The Fortinet GURU store is officially open. The full arsenal of products aren’t there just yet but you guys are welcome to do your FortiBUYING here now! Going to have some specials and more that will...
View ArticleConflicts between the SIP ALG and the session helper
Conflicts between the SIP ALG and the session helper If you suspect that the SIP session helper is being used instead of the ALG, you can use the diagnose sys sip command to determine if the SIP...
View ArticleStateful SIP tracking, call termination, and session inactivity timeout
Stateful SIP tracking, call termination, and session inactivity timeout The SIP ALG tracks SIP dialogs over their lifespan between the first INVITE message and the Final 200 OK and ACK messages. For...
View ArticleSIP and RTP/RTCP
SIP and RTP/RTCP FortiGates support the Real Time Protocol (RTP) application layer protocol for the VoIP call audio stream. RTP uses dynamically assigned port numbers that can change during a call. SIP...
View ArticleOpening and closing SIP register, contact, via and recordroute pinholes
Opening and closing SIP register, contact, via and recordroute pinholes You can use the open-register-pinhole, open-contact-pinhole, open-via-port, and openrecord-route-pinhole VoIP profile CLI options...
View ArticleAccepting SIP register responses
Accepting SIP register responses You can enable the VoIP profile open-via-pinhole options to accept a SIP Register response message from a SIP server even if the source port of the Register response...
View ArticleHow the SIP ALG performs NAT
How the SIP ALG performs NAT In most Network Address Translation (NAT) configurations, multiple hosts in a private network share a single public IP address to access the Internet. For sessions...
View ArticleSIP ALG source address translation
SIP ALG source address translation When a SIP call is started by a phone on a private network destined for a phone on the Internet, only source address translation is required. The phone on the private...
View ArticleSIP ALG destination address translation
SIP ALG destination address translation Incoming calls are directed from a SIP phone on the Internet to the interface of the FortiGate connected to the Internet. To receive these calls you must add a...
View ArticleSIP call re-invite messages
SIP call re-invite messages SIP Re-INVITE messages can dynamically add and remove media sessions during a call. When new media sessions are added to a call the SIP ALG opens new pinholes and update SIP...
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