Testing connectivity ensures that physical networking connections as well as FortiGate unit interface configurations, including firewall policies, are properly configured.

The easiest way to test connectivity is to use the ping and traceroute commands to confirm the connectivity of different routes on the network. Include testing:

When using the commands on a Windows computer, go to a command line prompt and enter either ping <IP address> or tracert <IP address>.

When using the commands on a FortiGate unit, go to the CLI and enter either exec ping <IP address> or exec traceroute <IP address>.