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Fortinet FortiExtender

Fortinet FortiExtender

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What is Fortinet FortiExtender?

FortiExtender is the wireless WAN offering from Fortinet.

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Fortinet FortiExtender has become an essential tool for businesses and educational institutions alike, offering a range of use cases that …
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What is Fortinet FortiExtender?

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Fortinet FortiExtender has become an essential tool for businesses and educational institutions alike, offering a range of use cases that address various connectivity needs. Users have praised the product for its ease of use, implementation, and management, making it an excellent solution for WAN connectivity. In addition, FortiExtender serves as a reliable backup in situations where cable networks fail, ensuring uninterrupted critical processes and preventing productivity losses.

Integration with other Fortinet security solutions has greatly enhanced security and scalability for users. The cloud-based management feature has proven invaluable in streamlining the monitoring and planning of user activities, improving overall efficiency. For educational institutions like Business Technology University, FortiExtender delivers stable and secure connections, session monitoring, and optimized workflow support.

The seamless integration with the Fortinet Firewall allows for simple configuration and access, making it an ideal choice for remote branches requiring mobile 4G coverage and reliable connectivity. Moreover, the product seamlessly integrates into the Fortinet security fabric, providing an additional layer of protection. Businesses can rely on FortiExtender to maintain uptime for critical services during internet outages.

One notable advantage of Fortinet FortiExtender is its ability to quickly adapt to new technologies without major infrastructure changes, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership. Its flexibility in providing primary or backup WAN connections with stable internet connectivity offers businesses peace of mind. Overall, Fortinet FortiExtender proves to be a valuable solution for organizations seeking secure and stable network connectivity while integrating remote operations into their business processes.

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fortinet FortiExtender is well suited to delivering fast 5G and LTE service. The cloud-based system is great so that our agency can manage the cloud from anywhere which is great during remote work. The Fortinet FortiExtender was easy to deploy and the system has been easy to manage. The Fortinet FortiExtender is less appropriate when it comes to the cost to implement and the customer support could be improved.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fortinet FortiExtender well matched to quick WAN additions and extending scenarios using 4G and 5G networks. this gives capability to rural areas which have 4G connectivity to extend WAN capabilities beyond lower speed networks or very complex ground level connectivity options. also since 5G is still in evolution stage for many countries, 4G option gives total capabilities for WAN backup links.
Mohit Prasad | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fortinet itself is a well know name in managing the firewall and security. With FortiExtender they gave an excellent solution for increasing the connectivity within the organization and helps to manage it with the cloud-based system. The implementation helped to achieve lower latency and higher efficiency for the users in the organization.
Maiko Svanidze | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It can solve a lot of WAN issues for organizations of any kind and any type. Supporting 5G gives admin and users the opportunity to improve the business and add new services depending on a stable network. Also, FortiExtender could become a part of a more wide and more sophisticated Fortinet Security Fabric, which means that your organization will be effective and secure.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
any large or small company who needs a 24/7 network and wants to have a secure network as well then it is one of the finest choices which they'll definitely never regret. I admit that we took a long and evaluated a lot before buying it but the ease, security, and great coverage it has provided us is enough to praise it and makes it worth appreciating.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fortinet is great for the big companies that can't afford any network problems and must have some backup network connectivity tool. Fortiextender is stable, provides strong signals, and is a much secure tool. and I think it is a perfect backup solution and we are using it as a secondary solution and are utilizing it for almost daily purposes.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you have Fortinet's SD-WAN solution, this might be the perfect backup solution, as we switch over to 4G in case our primary network fails by using these extenders. It works in around two or three seconds to establish the connection backup. Also we do use it daily as secondary link to utilize a mobile connection for non-business-critical tasks like PC patching so we don't have an affect on the primary link of the remote branches.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FortiExtender requires a connection to a FortiGate firewall. If you are a FortiGate shop and are looking for a 4G backup connection, then there is no reason to look elsewhere, the direct management from the FortiGate, the ability to use usage statistics and status in your SD-Wan config are worth it. If you do not use FortiGate firewalls, then please look elsewhere, you can not configure this device independently.
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