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Cato Connect Event: AMA with Professional Services
Ever wish you could get direct time with the experts? On June 3rd, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT, you’ll get just that — a live AMA with two of our Principal Consultants from the Cato Professional Services team. We’ll cover topics like: Designing and implementing a CMA deployment Best practices we’ve seen across real-world environments Your questions — seriously, bring them Here’s how to get the most out of it: Click here to register and get the calendar invite and join us live Post your questions below in the comments — we’ll answer pre-submitted ones first, before tackling live chat during the session + See a question you like? Give it a “like” to help it rise to the top Note: We won’t be able to look at specific CMA instances — demos will be done using internal environments. That’s it — register, post your questions, and we’ll see you there! Presenters: Principal Consultant Professional Services, Italy Principal Consultant Professional Services, USA If you run into any issues, @mention me or email us at community@catonetworks.com
Bypassing Cato via WAN Bypass and Split Tunnel
We need to add around 200 subnets to bypass Cato. My understanding is that they need to be added to all sites under the Site Configuration/Router/Bypass/Destination and for all SDP users via Access/Client Access Control/Split Tunnel policy. We have nearly 90 sites. Manually adding 200 subnets to 90 sites doesn't seem like a good time. Is this possible via the API? If so, can you point me toward the correct commands.Announcement: Introducing Cato Connect's new Idea Hub
We’re excited to introduce the Idea Hub to Cato Connect! This is a space where you can share your ideas, collaborate with fellow members, and vote on suggestions that resonate with you. What is the Idea Hub? The Idea Hub is a forum for brainstorming and discussing ideas that could enhance our products, services, or overall customer experience. Explain your use-case and issue in detail so your fellow Cato Connect members can expound on the idea or even share workaround or solutions. By voting and commenting, we can surface the ideas that are truly important to our community with context and relevant use cases and examples. What happens once an idea is created? The Idea Hub is the beginning of a journey - a starting point for a discussion. Once you have submitted an idea to the Idea Hub, your fellow Cato Connect members will vote and comment on the idea. Perhaps they might even offer a solution or a workaround, or point you to another idea in the Hub about a similar problem to the one you noticed. Each comment and vote creates a more robust story for the Cato Networks Team to discuss, so don't skimp on the details. How Does It Differ from RFEs (Requests for Enhancements)? Idea Hub: A collaborative space for discussion, exploration, and voting on ideas. It’s designed to capture a wide range of feedback and innovation. RFEs: A formal process for submitting specific, detailed enhancement requests - opened by a customer's Cato Networks Representative on their behalf in certain circumstances. By keeping these two processes separate, we ensure that both can operate effectively to meet your needs. Further FAQs can be found here. Thank you for contributing to this new initiative! We can’t wait to see your creativity and insights in action. Stay SASE - Your Cato Networks Team
Area for users to submit and vote for RFEs
Currently the only option to submit an RFE is to contact CATO representative by email and answer a set of template questions. With this method, different users are not aware of RFEs already opened, their status etc. and it is likely they submit similar or the same ideas independently. I would recommend to create an area in this community portal to submit RFEs, review the ones already opened by others and maybe vote for the ones you appreciate. Vote results could be a way for CATO Team to understand what are the needs and expectations of the customers, and maybe prioritize some RFEs over another. RFEs submitted by users could go through a review/approval process first, so CATO Team checks if something similar was already created in the past (to avoid duplicates) or if provided description is complete and enough to start the process.
X1700 Sockets running 22.0.19219 breaks HA
More of a caution, over the weekend we upgraded our sockets to 22.0.19219. No issues with our X1500's but sites running X1700's in an HA pair caused us some trouble. The HA keepalive no longer works, which was causing traffic to switch between Primary and Secondary sockets. Both sockets are showing as master. Engineering has discovered the root cause and are working on new version of the firmware, but wanted to let you all know in cause you plan to upgrade soon. Sockets can't reach each other via IP, but both sockets are pingable from other devices on the network.What's new at Cato? 25th November 2024
"Hey Robin, what's new at Cato Networks this week?" Great question, have a sub-1 minute video giving you a digest of the latest and greatest. Naturally, you can find a full list on our Knowledge Base here:https://support.catonetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/23222708288157-Product-Update-November-25-2024 Don't forget - it's Thanksgiving in the US this Thursday, so let's reflect on the things we're thankful for: 1) Cato's rapid product development which helps keep us secure, protected and connected 2) Star Wars 3) Memes Happy Monday ya'll! 🦃
Cato Connect Recognition – Ranks
Ranks are a way for you to be able to see a Cato Connect member’s role and activity while also celebrating your own accomplishments. Ranks progress as a member becomes more active and helpful on the community and are visible throughout Cato Connect. We also use ranks to keep an eye out for the most passionate and active members so we can recognize them throughout the community and within Cato Networks. Where do the ranks appear? You can find the ranks under a member’s name on their profile: Or next to their names on posts: List of Ranks: Wondering where you are on the ladder of ranks? Here’s a list of our current ranks. Note: On September 12, 2025, we changed the rank names to be more in theme with our community and make more sense in sequence. Level Rank Name 1 Just Arrived 2 Looking Around 3 Settling In 4 Hanging Out 5 Here to Stay 6 Here for Good 7 Joining the Conversation 8 Making Connections 9 Staying Involved 10 Finding a Voice 11 Getting Noticed 12 Building Trust 13 Adding Value 14 Making an Impact 15 Role Model 16 Building a Brand 17 Community Star 18 Big Deal Around Here 19 Legend in the Making 20 Local Hero Cool right? And while the names and the ranking order are public, how you move from rank to rank will remain a mystery (it adds to the fun, trust me). You’ll get an email as you reach a new rank, and we’d love to see you back and rising through these and forcing us to create even more. Stay SASE
