On Windows, what’s the difference between FortiClient VPN and Forti Client 6.0 ,
while on Android what is the difference between
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fortinet.forticlient and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fortinet.forticlient_vpn
Which one should I download?
Is the differnece that (on Windows) the client provides a webview so I do all browsing from within the app without having to use the browser to log into the network?
FortiClient includes remote management/telemetry/magic with EMS servers.
FortiClient VPN is just VPN (IPSec, SSLVPN).
I would strongly suggest you reach out to you internal technical support team. Ask them for a bit of training or instructions on how to use the company VPN.
After I connect with the FortiVPN, I open a url to the corporate server from Chrome and try to access my pc with rdp but I always get ‘connection closed’ error.They told me to use the FortiClient because as it seems there’s ‘issues’ with using the browser. Does this sound plausible?
Do a di de flow on your traffic.
Who is ‘they’? TAC? ‘They’ might mean web-mode SSLVPN as opposed to tunnel-mide, which is what both clients use.
they is ‘tech support’ .
" mean web-mode SSLVPN "
Actually I make the VPN connection over SSLVPN.After it connects I open the browser and navigate to a url which is where the Forti Server server is hosted.I connect with the Forti username/pass and on the next screen I enter my pc’s details of the internal network to connect over RDP (windows 10 machine). The machine can be found because in the beginning I had enterd an invalid private ip and the error I was getting was ‘connection failed’ . After I’ve used the correct ip I’m getting ‘connection closed’ .
Is there a debug log file I can peek into?
See the Debug Flow output link in the sidebar, that’s generally the best first step for troubleshooting.
I’m still not sure if you’re describing tunnel-mode or web-mode. Both are SSLVPN. Tunnel-mode is with a dedicated client (FortiClient or FortiClient VPN) and Web-mode is just through a browser. Either way it sounds like a policy/routing/nat issue, which the di de flow will help troubleshoot.