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NSE7 Advanced VPN and Zero Trust Practice Question

A FortiGate administrator configures a hub-and-spoke ADVPN network. Spokes are behind NAT. After deployment, spokes can communicate with each other only through the hub. What must be configured to allow spokes to establish direct shortcut tunnels?

Answer choices

Why each option matters

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Correct answer & explanation

Set 'add-route' to 'enable' on the hub's ADVPN configuration

For shortcut tunnels to be established, the hub must have 'add-route' enabled so that it advertises routes to other spokes. Without this, spokes will not know how to reach each other directly and will continue to route through the hub.

Visual reference

Inside (Private) PC-A 10.0.0.1 PC-B 10.0.0.2 NAT Router Outside (Public) 203.0.113.1 Inside Global Server PAT: many private IPs share one public IP via unique port numbers

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