FortiGate Dual-Firewall Routing & Policy Configuration with End-to-End Connectivity (FGT1 & FGT2)

Designed and configured a dual-FortiGate network topology using VMware virtual environment with multiple network segments.

Key tasks completed:

Assigned IP addresses on all ports and devices across 3 network segments (vmnet0, vmnet2, vmnet3)

Configured management ports (port1) with static IPs for both FGT1 (192.168.1.2) and FGT2 (192.168.1.3)

Set up inter-firewall link via port2 on LAN segment2 (20.20.20.0/24)

Configured firewall policies (2 policies per FortiGate) to allow traffic between PC1 and PC2

Added static routes on both firewalls to enable full end-to-end routing

Verified successful connectivity: PC2 → PC1 ping with 0% packet loss and avg response ~1.7ms