Bridge SSID to FortiGate wired network

Chapter 1 What’s New for FortiOS 5.0 : Wireless : Bridge SSID to FortiGate wired network

A WiFi network can be combined with a wired LAN so that WiFi and wired clients are on the same subnet. This is a convenient configuration for users.

Figure 56: A FortiAP unit bridged with the internal network


	This configuration cannot be used in conjunction with Wireless Mesh features because it enables the FortiAP Local Bridge option.

To create the bridged WiFi and wired LAN configuration, you need to configure the SSID with the Local Bridge option so that traffic is sent directly over the FortiAP unit’s Ethernet interface to the FortiGate unit, instead of being tunneled to the WiFi controller.

Figure 57: SSID configured with Local Bridge option

Enter the following command from the CLI:

config wireless-controller vap

edit "homenet_if"

set vdom "root"

set ssid "homenet"

set local-bridging enable

set security wpa-personal

set passphrase "Fortinet1"

end

config wireless-controller wtp

edit FAP22B3U11005354

set admin enable

set vaps "homenet_if"

end