Contents
FortiGate-50 Installation and Configuration Guide 3
Table of Contents
Introduction ..........................................................................................................  11
NAT/Route mode and Transparent mode.........................................................................  11
NAT/Route mode ..........................................................................................................  11
Transparent mode.........................................................................................................  11
About this document .........................................................................................................  12
Document conventions .....................................................................................................  13
Fortinet documentation .....................................................................................................  14
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation...........................................................  14
Customer service and technical support...........................................................................  15
Getting started .....................................................................................................  17
Package contents .............................................................................................................  18
Mounting ...........................................................................................................................  18
Powering on......................................................................................................................  19
Connecting to the web-based manager............................................................................  20
Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)...............................................................  21
Factory default FortiGate configuration settings ...............................................................  22
Factory Default DHCP configuration.............................................................................  23
Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration ..............................................  23
Factory default Transparent mode network configuration.............................................  24
Factory default firewall configuration ............................................................................  24
Factory default content profiles.....................................................................................  25
Planning your FortiGate configuration ..............................................................................  28
NAT/Route mode ..........................................................................................................  28
Transparent mode.........................................................................................................  28
Configuration options ....................................................................................................  29
FortiGate model maximum values matrix .........................................................................  30
Next steps.........................................................................................................................  31
NAT/Route mode installation..............................................................................  33
Installing the FortiGate unit using the default configuration..............................................  33
Changing the default configuration ...............................................................................  34
Preparing to configure NAT/Route mode..........................................................................  34
Advanced NAT/Route mode settings............................................................................  35
Using the setup wizard......................................................................................................  35
Starting the setup wizard ..............................................................................................  35
Reconnecting to the web-based manager ....................................................................  35
Using the command line interface.....................................................................................  36
Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode .....................................  36
Connecting the FortiGate unit to your networks................................................................  37
Configuring your networks ................................................................................................  38