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FortiExtender-20B

Fortinet FortiExtender 20B — Fortinet FortiExtender-20B lte/5g wan extender

EOSL — PAST
54 mo
past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now
availableend of saleservice
AvailableNot published
End of saleJan 2017
End of serviceJan 2022Fortinet bulletin ↗

Options from here

Third-party maintenance

Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.

Plan replacement

It is unsupported today — set a migration timeline and budget.

Run to failure

Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.

FortiExtender-20B — questions

Is the Fortinet FortiExtender-20B still supported?

No. Fortinet's last date of support for FortiExtender-20B was Jan 2022 (per the Fortinet end-of-sale bulletin) — it is past end of service life.

When did the FortiExtender-20B reach end of sale?

FortiExtender-20B reached end of sale Jan 2017, per the Fortinet end-of-sale bulletin.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the FortiExtender-20B?

Jan 2022 — per the Fortinet end-of-sale bulletin.

Can the FortiExtender-20B be maintained after Fortinet support ends?

After the last date of support, FortiExtender-20B units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Fortinet no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.