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FortiGate-400 Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50 MR2

Network configuration

Go to System > Network to make any of the following changes to the FortiGate network settings:

•Configuring zones

•Configuring interfaces

•Configuring VLANs

•Configuring routing

•Providing DHCP services to your internal network

Configuring zones

In NAT/Route mode, you can use zones to group related interfaces or VLAN subinterfaces. Grouping interfaces and subinterfaces into zones simplifies policy creation. For example, if you have two interfaces connected to the Internet, you can add both of these interfaces to the same zone. Then you can configure policies for connections to and from this zone, rather than to and from each interface.

You can add new zones. You can also rename and edit any zone. Finally, you can delete zones when they appear in the zone list with a Delete icon.

A new zone will not appear in the policy grid until you add a firewall address for it. See “Adding addresses” on page 179.

This section describes:

•Adding zones

•Adding interfaces to a zone

•Adding VLAN subinterfaces to a zone

•Renaming zones

•Deleting zones

Adding zones

Using the web-based manager:

1Go to System > Network > Zone.

2Select New to add a zone.

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