🔒 FortiGate-60F / FG-60F Network Security Appliance (Hardware Only) Review

I use this firewall at home. Its ability to use multiple WAN links while offering high throughput is quite amazing given the price of the device.

I use this firewall at home. Its ability to use multiple WAN links while still offering high throughput is pretty amazing considering the price of the device.

Excellent firewall. This is much more convenient than Sonicwall, Cisco, etc. The idea was put into the user interface. Common sense features that are automatically enabled (and easily disabled) are implemented to improve user experience. The only complaint I have is that I can't change the firewall's internal IP without breaking internet access. I've contacted support (extensively), reloaded firewall, etc. to no avail. However, it's okay.

Former network engineer from centuries past - I was CCNA certified before CIDR even existed. Most consumer WiFi routers (Netgear, Linksys, Asus, etc.) that are also used to connect PC/Xbox are underpowered/crippled by the Broadcom chip (and others) and sometimes have software-switched ethernet! operating system; Linux with some binary firmware blobs (for Wi-Fi/Ethernet controllers etc.). OpenWRT seems better but still requires binary blobs. So the 60F I bought isn't a wireless router, it's an…