Fortinet 50A user manual

Firewall configuration Addresses

This section describes:

•Adding addresses

•Editing addresses

•Deleting addresses

•Organizing addresses into address groups

Adding addresses

To add an address

1Go to Firewall > Address.

2Select the interface that you want to add the address to.

3Select New to add a new address.

4Enter an Address Name to identify the address.

The name can contain numbers (0-9), uppercase and lowercase letters (A-Z, a-z), and the special characters - and _. Spaces and other special characters are not allowed.

5Enter the IP Address. The IP address can be:

•The IP address of a single computer (for example, 192.45.46.45).

•The IP address of a subnetwork (for example, 192.168.1.0 for a class C subnet).

•0.0.0.0 to represent all possible IP addresses

6Enter the Netmask.

The netmask corresponds to the type of address that you are adding. For example:

•The netmask for the IP address of a single computer should be 255.255.255.255.

•The netmask for a class A subnet should be 255.0.0.0.

•The netmask for a class B subnet should be 255.255.0.0.

•The netmask for a class C subnet should be 255.255.255.0.

•The netmask for all addresses should be 0.0.0.0

Note: To add an address to represent any address on a network set the IP Address to 0.0.0.0 and the Netmask to 0.0.0.0

7Select OK to add the address.

Figure 7: Adding an internal address

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