Factory default settings

Quick Configuration Guide

Command Line Interface (CLI)

The CLI is a full-featured management tool. Use it to configure the administrator password, the interface addresses, the default gateway, and the DNS server addresses.

Requirements:

The serial connector that came packaged with your FortiGate-5001A board.

Terminal emulation application (for example, HyperTerminal for Windows) on the management computer.

Factory default settings

The FortiGate-5001A unit ships with a factory default configuration. The default configuration allows you to connect to and use the FortiGate-5001A web-based manager to configure the FortiGate-5001A board onto the network. To configure the FortiGate-5001A board onto the network you add an administrator password, change the network interface IP addresses, add DNS server IP addresses, and, if required, configure basic routing.

Table 7: FortiGate-5001A factory default settings

Operation Mode

NAT/Route

 

 

Administrator Account

User Name: admin

 

Password: (none)

 

 

port1 IP/Netmask

192.168.1.99/24

 

 

port2 IP/Netmask

192.168.100.99/24

 

 

Default route

Gateway: 192.168.100.1

 

Device: port2

 

 

Primary DNS Server:

65.39.139.53

 

 

Secondary DNS Server:

65.39.139.53

 

 

Note: At any time during the configuration process, if you run into problems, you can reset the FortiGate-5001A board to the factory defaults and start over. From the web-based manager go to System > Status find System Operation at the bottom of the page and select Reset to Factory Default. From the CLI enter execute factory reset.

Configuring NAT/Route mode

Use Table 8 to gather the information you need to customize NAT/Route mode settings for the FortiGate-5001A security system. You can use one table for each board to configure.

 

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