Fortinet 126 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
subset of IP addresses), redundant routers (e.g. redundant Internet/ISP links), or other special
routing cases.
However, often you will only need to configure one route: a default route.
For example, if a web server is directly attached to one physical port on the FortiWeb, but all
other destinations, such as connecting clients, are located on distant networks, such as the
Internet, you might need to add only one route: a default route that indicates the gateway router
through which the FortiWeb appliance can send traffic in the direction towards the Internet.
When you add a static route through the web UI, the FortiWeb appliance evaluates the route to
determine if it represents a different route compared to any other route already present in the list
of static routes. If no route having the same destination exists in the list of static routes, the
FortiWeb appliance adds the static route, using the next unassigned route index number.
To add a static route via the web UI
1. Go to System > Network > Static Route.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator account’s access profile must have
Read and Write permission to items in the Router Configuration category. For details, see
“Permissions” on page 47.
2. Click Create New.
A dialog appears.
True transparent and transparent inspection operation modes require that you specify the
gateway when configuring the operation mode. In that case, you have already configured a
static route. You do not need to repeat this step.
If your management computer is not directly attached to one of the physical ports of the
FortiWeb appliance, you may also require a static route so that your management computer is
able to connect with the web UI and CLI.
The index number of the route in the list of static routes is not necessarily the same as its
position in the routing table (diagnose network route list).