r/fortinet is a subreddit with 75k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, struggling with, fortigate, forti, and frustrating, and they frequently recommend/review firewalls and firewall.
Discussing all things Fortinet.
Popular Themes in r/fortinet
#1
Advice Requests
: "Passed NSE4, got picked for a promotion a few months later. Certs are more underrated than this sub admits."
11 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "alternative for the super buggy FortiClient?"
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I failed my NSE4 exam yesterday."
3 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Fortinet shops: would you stick with it today?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/fortinet
#1
Looking For
38 posts
#2
Struggling With
34 posts
#3
Fortigate
: "Confirming if Forticlient or Fortigate SSL VPN are still free as for August 2026"
34 posts
#4
Forti
: "BGP/SD-WAN Route retention during HA-Failover"
14 posts
#5
Frustrating
10 posts
#6
Vpn
: "Lowering MTU on FortiClient IPsec Vpn due to drops"
8 posts
#7
Issue
5 posts
#8
Forticlient
: "Lowering MTU on Forticlient IPsec VPN due to drops"
4 posts
#9
Firewall
4 posts
#10
Ssl
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/fortinet
Flair Used in r/fortinet
#1
Question ❓
: "Best environment for a FortiGate?"
61 posts
#2
FortiGate / FortiOS :FortiGate:
: "IPSec between Fortigate in Data Center and Fortigate VM in cloud"
6 posts
#3
Other / General Fortinet :Security-Fabric:
: "TCP MSS handling changes for IPsec tunnels beginning in FortiOS v7.6.1"
5 posts
#4
Solved ✅
: "FortiIdentity Cloud - Issues on Tuesday, 07th of July?"
3 posts
#5
Guide ⭐️
: "I got tired of dragging connector waypoints, so I built a network diagram editor that routes them for me"
2 posts
#6
News 🚨
: "FortiClient 8.0.0 is out - still no VPN-only"
2 posts
#7
FortiNAC :FortiNAC:
: "Anyone deploy FortiNAC 7.6.7 and is it stable at this point?"
2 posts
#8
Bug 🪲
: "BUG: 1304523 FortiOS 7.6.7 LACP interfaces drop traffic when One member interface goes down"
1 post
#9
Training & Certification :Training:
: "NSE5 or NSE6 ?"
1 post
#10
Licensing & Support :Support:
: "Trade up deal doesn't make sense"
1 post
Member Growth in r/fortinet
Yearly
+12k members(18.4%)
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Last updated: September 5, 2026