Configuring the modem using the CLI

Configuring the modem interface

Keywords and variables

Description

Default

 

 

 

holddown-timer <seconds>

Used only when the modem is

60

 

configured as a backup for an

 

 

interface. Set the time (1-60 seconds)

 

 

that the FortiGate unit waits before

 

 

switching from the modem interface to

 

 

the primary interface, after the primary

 

 

interface has been restored.

 

 

This is available only when mode is set

 

 

to redundant.

 

idle-timer <minutes>

Set the number of minutes the modem

5

 

connection can be idle before it is

 

 

disconnected.

 

 

This is available only if mode is set to

 

 

standalone.

 

interface <name>

Enter an interface name to associate

No default.

 

the modem interface with the ethernet

 

 

interface that you want to either back

 

 

up (backup configuration) or replace

 

 

(standalone configuration).

 

 

 

 

mode {redudant

Enter the required mode:

standalone

standalone}

• redundant

 

 

The modem interface automatically

 

 

takes over from a selected ethernet

 

 

interface when that ethernet interface

 

 

is unavailable.

 

 

• standalone

 

 

The modem interface is the connection

 

 

from the FortiGate unit to the Internet.

 

 

 

 

modem-dev1{internal

Set the modem type for the selected

internal

pcmica-wireless}

dialup account.

 

modem-dev2{internal

Set the modem type for the selected

internal

pcmica-wireless}

dialup account.

 

modem-dev3{internal

Set the modem type for the selected

internal

pcmica-wireless}

dialup account.

 

passwd1 <password_str>

Enter the password used to access the

No default.

 

specified dialup account.

 

passwd2 <password_str>

Enter the password used to access the

No default.

 

specified dialup account.

 

passwd3 <password_str>

Enter the password used to access the

No default.

 

specified dialup account.

 

peer-modem1

If the modem at phone1 is Actiontec or

generic

{actiontec ascendTNT

AscendTNT, select that type, otherwise

 

generic}

leave setting as generic.

 

This setting applies to models 50AM,

 

 

60M and WiFi-60M only.

 

peer-modem2

If the modem at phone2 is Actiontec or

generic

{actiontec ascendTNT

AscendTNT, select that type, otherwise

 

generic}

leave setting as generic.

 

This setting applies to models 50AM,

 

 

60M and WiFi-60M only.

 

 

 

 

peer-modem3

If the modem at phone3 is Actiontec or

generic

{actiontec ascendTNT

AscendTNT, select that type, otherwise

 

generic}

leave setting as generic.

 

This setting applies to models 50AM,

 

 

60M and WiFi-60M only.

 

 

 

 

 

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60B specifications

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