Chapter 18 Troubleshooting : Troubleshooting methodologies : Obtain any required additional equipment
  
Obtain any required additional equipment
You may require additional networking equipment, computers, or other equipment to test your solution.
Normally network administrators have additional networking equipment available either to loan you, or a lab where you can bring the FortiGate unit to test.
If you do not have access to equipment, check for shareware applications that can perform the same task. Often there are software solutions when hardware is too expensive.