Enabling push updates

System maintenance

 

 

The FortiGate unit sends the SETUP message if you change the interface 2 IP address manually or if you have set the interface 2 addressing mode to DHCP or PPPoE and your DHCP or PPPoE server changes the IP address.

If you have redundant connections to the Internet, the FortiGate unit also sends the SETUP message when one Internet connection goes down and the FortiGate unit fails over to the other Internet connection.

In Transparent mode if you change the management IP address, the FortiGate unit also sends the SETUP message to notify the FDN of the address change.

Enabling push updates through a NAT device

If the FDN can connect to the FortiGate unit only through a NAT device, you must configure port forwarding on the NAT device and add the port forwarding information to the push update configuration. Using port forwarding, the FDN connects to the FortiGate unit using either port 9443 or an override push port that you specify.

Note: You cannot receive push updates through a NAT device if the external IP address of the

NAT device is dynamic (for example, set using PPPoE or DHCP).

General procedure

Use the following steps to configure the FortiGate NAT device and the FortiGate unit on the internal network so that the FortiGate unit on the internal network can receive push updates:

1Add a port forwarding virtual IP to the FortiGate NAT device.

2Add a firewall policy to the FortiGate NAT device that includes the port forwarding virtual IP.

3Configure the FortiGate unit on the internal network with an override push IP and port.

Note: Before completing the following procedure, you should register the internal network

FortiGate unit so that it can receive push updates.

To add a port forwarding virtual IP to the FortiGate NAT device

Configure a FortiGate NAT device to use port forwarding to forward push update connections from the FDN to a FortiGate unit on the internal network.

1Go to Firewall > Virtual IP.

2Select Create New.

3Type a name for the virtual IP.

4In the External Interface section, select the external interface that the FDN connects to.

5In the Type section, select Port Forwarding.

6In the External IP Address section, type the external IP address that the FDN connects to.

7Type the External Service Port that the FDN connects to.

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