Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Guide

System Wireless FortiWiFi wireless interfaces
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System Wireless
This section describes how to configure the Wireless LAN interfaces on FortiWiFi units.
The majority of this section is applicable to all FortiWiFi units.
If you enable virtual domains (VDOMs) on the FortiGate unit, MAC filters and wireless
monitor are configured separately for each virtual domain. System wireless settings are
configured globally. For details, see “Using virtual domains” on page 159.
This section describes:
• FortiWiFi wireless interfaces
• Channel assignments
• Wireless settings
• Wireless MAC Filter
• Wireless Monitor
• Rogue AP detection
FortiWiFi wireless interfaces
FortiWiFi units support up to four wireless interfaces and four different SSIDs. Each
wireless interface should have a different SSID and each wireless interface can have
different security settings. For details on adding wireless interfaces, see “Adding a
wireless interface” on page 219.
You can configure the FortiWiFi unit to:
• Provide an access point that clients with wireless network cards can connect to. This is
called Access Point mode, which is the default mode. All FortiWiFi units can have up to
4 wireless interfaces.
or
• Connect the FortiWiFi unit to another wireless network. This is called Client mode. A
FortiWiFi unit operating in client mode can also can only have one wireless interface.
or
• Monitor access points within radio range. This is called Monitoring mode. You can
designate the detected access points as Accepted or Rogue for tracking purposes. No
access point or client operation is possible in this mode. But, you can enable
monitoring as a background activity while the unit is in Access Point mode.
FortiWiFi units support the following wireless network standards:
• IEEE 802.11a (5-GHz Band)
• IEEE 802.11b (2.4-GHz Band)
• IEEE 802.11g (2.4-GHz Band)
• WEP64 and WEP128 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), WPA2 and WPA2 Auto using pre-shared keys or
RADIUS servers

Fortinet FortiGate Series Specifications

General

Model	FortiGate Series
Category	Firewall
Throughput	Varies by model
Interfaces	Varies by model
Concurrent Sessions	Varies by model
VPN Support	Yes
High Availability	Yes
Firewall Throughput	Varies by model
VPN Throughput	Varies by model
IPS Throughput	Varies by model
NGFW Throughput	Varies by model
Threat Protection Throughput	Varies by model
New Sessions per Second	Varies by model
Power Supply	Varies by model
Security Features	Firewall, IPS, Application Control, Web Filtering, Antivirus, VPN
Virtual Domains	Yes
Form Factor	Desktop, Rackmount