HelloI am new to fortinet and recently placed a fortinet device in my home network. It is a very simple setup to get me started and try more ambitious things later. The ISP router is having the WAN connection to the internet and the LAN side connects to the fortinet. All home devices are then connected to the LAN of the fortinet (no DMZ or other zones setup for now). With a simple allow for lan to wan rule in the firewall, all devices are able to communicate with the internet.
However, the IPTV box has stopped working, i am guessing here there is something to do with multicast that is getting blocked here. If I remove the fortinet between the home network and the ISP router, IPTV box works normally and all the channels can be viewed but as soon as the fortinet is brought back in it stops working.
Looking forward to get this to work and appreciate your help.
Hello Vishal
Thanks for sharing the document. I did had a look at this document already and I only applied the first half part of the changes suggested, didnt realise there are 2 steps. I will try the second set of instructions shortly and will try to see if it works.
With the config now added the channels come up with signal but exactly after 5 - 6 seconds the signal drops out and i get a message signal lost and this is happening for all the channels. Below is the config I added
Hey there, I recently stumbled upon your post and thought I might be able to help. I had a similar issue with my Fortinet device and found that it was indeed related to multicast traffic being blocked. I was able to resolve the issue by creating a new firewall policy allowing multicast traffic from the IPTV box. However, if you're still having trouble, I recently found a helpful guide on How To Watch Hulu in Saudi Arabia that has some great tips on resolving IPTV connection issues with Fortinet devices. It might be worth checking out. Hope this helps, and best of luck with your setup! As a side note, I'm new to this forum, so apologies if my response is a bit late.
I had a similar problem where my IPTV box wouldn't work with my home network. It's frustrating when technical stuff blocks your TV channels, which happens with specific setups. I tried many things to fix it, but then I realized the service I used was part of the issue.
So, I switched to beste iptv. It's easier to use because they've got a guide that answers all your questions. It helped me set everything up quickly. Since I started using it, I haven't had any problems with my network messing with my IPTV. Everything works smoothly now, and I can watch my shows easily.
Hey folks! I'm diving into Fortinet for my home network and ran into a hiccup with IPTV connectivity. Seems like multicast might be the culprit here. Anyone have experience tweaking Fortigate settings for IPTV compatibility? Any tips would be super helpful! By the way, any recommendations for movies out in theaters right now?
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Everything else (you tube, netflix...) is working just fine either thru wireless or wired but just IPTV is only working if I set up wireless. Of course, the wireless speed is not so great so I would prefer to use my wired connection since it is faster and would freeze less.
I use Smart STB app and when I open an IPTV channel (when using wifi), there is a small latency (mabye 5/20 sec) with a black screen and then the channel appears. If I switch to a wired connection, it is the same except that there is only the black screen and the channel just never appears. Rarely, there are 1 or 2 channels launching (wired connect) but it is 2 out of 100 if I am lucky.
I have the same Problem. In my Samsung UE65MU9000 TV everything including Netflix, YouTube, Spotify etc works fine with cable Connection except IPTV. However IPTV works only with Wi-Fi connection. I am using duplex iptv app in the offical Samsung store. My friend uses the same internet company, same app and a newer model of Samsung tv. There is no problem in his cable connection. This is so annoying. I ve called Samsung support in my country and they said that this is not an issue related with the TV. I ve tried all the possible solutions according to my knowladge. However couldn't solve the problem. I need your help.
Just bought a Peplink B One and am a novice but know a little. I was able to set up both WANS and do port forwarding for CCTV Dvr. I replaced a TP-Link Archer 6 with the Peplink. I have all working except IPTV. Searched the forum but found no answer. I checked content blocking and its set at custom with nothing checked. Any idea how I can get any IPTV on the network to not freeze after 5 seconds. I know its something with the Peplink . When I remove the Peplink and reinstall the tp-Link the iptv has no glitches.
Thanks
Years ago I had the exact same issue you are describing. I had a location with Uverse IPTV and it was working with the existing router. I changed the router and now the IPTV set-top-box would only show the first few seconds of each channel when changing and then it would freeze the image. Change the channel and I would get a few seconds on the new channel only.
I fired up wireshark on the LAN and did packet captures on both the working router and then the one that failed to pass media. Comparing both streams it was now clear what was happening. The first few seconds of the media stream were unicast and had no problem getting through on either router. After those initial few seconds, the stream transitioned to multicast. The router that did not work had issues with passing multicast from the WAN to the LAN to the Set-top-box.
I remember seeing IGMP packets on the LAN sent by the set-top-box asking to join the multicast group and the router sending back positive responses in one case and completely silent in the case of the other router. That told me multicast routing was definitely not working on the second router and that was the source of the problem.
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