Fortinet FortiGate 50A Installation Guide

Contents
FortiGate-50A Installation Guide 01-28005-0017-20041101 3
Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 5
Secure installation, configuration, and management .......................................................... 5
Web-based manager ...................................................................................................... 6
Command line interface .................................................................................................. 6
Setup wizard ................................................................................................................... 7
Document conventions ....................................................................................................... 7
Fortinet documentation ....................................................................................................... 8
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation............................................................. 8
Customer service and technical support............................................................................. 9
Getting started ..................................................................................................... 11
Package contents ............................................................................................................. 11
Mounting ........................................................................................................................... 12
Turning the FortiGate unit power on and off ..................................................................... 13
Connecting to the web-based manager............................................................................ 13
Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)............................................................... 14
Quick installation using factory defaults............................................................................ 15
Factory default FortiGate configuration settings ............................................................... 17
Factory default DHCP server configuration .................................................................. 17
Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration .............................................. 18
Factory default Transparent mode network configuration............................................. 18
Factory default firewall configuration ............................................................................ 19
Factory default protection profiles................................................................................. 19
Planning the FortiGate configuration ................................................................................ 20
NAT/Route mode .......................................................................................................... 21
Transparent mode......................................................................................................... 21
Configuration options .................................................................................................... 22
Next steps ......................................................................................................................... 23
NAT/Route mode installation.............................................................................. 25
Preparing to configure the FortiGate unit in NAT/Route mode ......................................... 25
DHCP or PPPoE configuration ..................................................................................... 26
Using the web-based manager ......................................................................................... 26
Configuring basic settings............................................................................................. 27
Using the command line interface..................................................................................... 28
Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode ..................................... 28
Using the setup wizard...................................................................................................... 31
Starting the setup wizard .............................................................................................. 32
Reconnecting to the web-based manager .................................................................... 32
Connecting the FortiGate unit to the network(s) ............................................................... 32
Configuring the networks .................................................................................................. 33

Fortinet FortiGate 50A Specifications

General

Brand	Fortinet
Model	FortiGate 50A
Category	Firewall
Language	English