- FortiGate-40F Network Security Appliance Plus 3 Year FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP) and FortiCare Premium (FG-40F-BDL-950-36)

This says it all. Factory Sealed, Valid Support Entitlement, Seller BlueAlly listed as an authorized seller. with 1 year as described. Half the price of others Been using some older ebay fortigates for a long time they work great, but I needed VPN access and would like better filtering for my children. Setup for me was easy but this is like my 3rd HA pair of these so I knew what to expect. I enjoyed the UI improvements in 7.4 having come from 6.0. I am able to control dns better and retired my piholes. If it becomes where I am still getting ads then because these support DoH I can always forward to NextDNS. However so far so good using forti dns servers and dns filtering. If the Application control is even just as good as it was in 6.0 I am sure I will be happy with it, as when I was using the ebay models I was able to filter for my children but the application list was years old and took a lot of manual work. However it should be noted pretty good control can be achieved with manual work so even if with a new license and fresh db there is a need I know manual works.

For the money I find this to be one of the best SMB firewalls available. Compared to Sonicwall (which we also manage) there are more configuration options (including an inbuilt DNS server and slightly more flexible SSL vpn portal configuration), a more seemless/robust endpoint protection/NAC system, and SSL scanning does not require an additional license. If you require a large number of ipsec tunnels, the Fortigate CLI has a great diagnostic tool set. In mixed router configurations I often lean on those tools when basic logs fail me. I also work with Zywalls, which though great bang for buck in terms of some of the aforementioned features missing from Sonicwall, it doesn't hold a candle in terms of advanced end point NAC. The days of layered security are dwindling and it's vital to consider network access controls where deployment is viable. Also, be sure to check out the Fortinet cookbooks. Object based firewalls can lead to a bit of configuration complexity (a feature implementation can require numerous building blocks), the cookbooks lay out common scenarios well. Over all, Fortigate is my go to when I need full UTM and SSL-vpn in a single package.

Considering it is the “smallest” of the current generation Fortigates , it handles almost anything I throw at it (struggles a bit with high bandwidth ISCSI, but that could be my slow Comcast upload speeds). In true Fortinet fashion the unit is easy to setup and configure (once you get past the FortiOS learning curve). Never had any issues related to the unit and any technical questions were promptly answered by Fortinet support.

I was looking at a Palo Alto 400 series, but the cost is much higher, and they only sell to businesses. The LAB firewall does not have all the features. Fortinet is starting to get more of the market share in security, so I wanted to work with them. Cisco ASA is no longer the market leader in firewalls.

Good so far. Will update review if that changes

product with license expired.. was useless.

Good performance out of the box. Register with Fortinet / update FortiGuard, create firewall policies, and put it on the edge to ward off would-be cybercriminals!! ;-)

I purchased a Fortinet firewall and forticonverter, and it functioned flawlessly. I'm testing this for my customers, and acquiring the license through Amazon chat was a quick and efficient process.

Product was exactly the right item. Arrived well-packaged. Thanks!

I bought it for small office. FortiGate offers one of the best protection. 3 years UTP is reasonable. Price was very competitive. Shipping was from USA, took just few days. Pretty easy to install and configure if you know the stuff. FW was 2 versions behind, upgraded with no issues. I definitely recommend both the product and the seller. One of the best features is that I manage it remotely via FortiCloud portal.