Hi all,
This is a repeated question and I excuse myself for that. However a few years ago I got the opportunity to get a fortigate 61f with license for a favorable price from my employer.
I got this as a training experience, however the license is running out on the fortigate and I would need to replace / renew this in a year. This off course is not cheap. And makes me wonder if a Unifi (or other prosumer product is not better for me)
At this moment I have the following usage profile:
* Home user (not enterprise)
* Home lab present
* Home lab is behind vps which has an ipsec tunnel towards dmz (will migrate towards netbird based vpn in future, so IPsec capabilities are less relevant)
* Dmz has a separate vlan per application (10 total), general network has 5 different vlans.
* Only simple firewall rules (allow x to y with some specific services allowed)
* No UTM capabilities used, or other enterprise security grade stuff
* Only custom dns filter (external) lists are used (can migrate to pihole or so if required)
* Unifi switches / AP's present
* No sdwan or other complexity present
In show I have the feeling that I use the fortigate as a glorified router, with some Firewall capabilities. For the purpose I had it for (training/ learning) it was great, especially for the price I paid. But for future I think a simpler device in this case better suits my needs.
My question is, would there be any things I need to watch out for or I can potentially miss? And would there be any reason to stick to the fortigate?
Thanks in advance!