Configuring the modem interface

Configuring the modem using the CLI

Keywords and variables

Description

Default

 

 

 

phone1

Enter the phone number required to

No default.

<phone-number>

connect to the dialup account. Do not

 

add spaces to the phone number.

 

 

Make sure to include standard special

 

 

characters for pauses, country codes,

 

 

and other functions as required by your

 

 

modem to connect to your dialup

 

 

account.

 

 

 

 

phone2 <phone-number>

Enter the phone number required to

No default.

 

connect to the dialup account. Do not

 

 

add spaces to the phone number.

 

 

Make sure to include standard special

 

 

characters for pauses, country codes,

 

 

and other functions as required by your

 

 

modem to connect to your dialup

 

 

account.

 

 

 

 

phone3 <phone-number>

Enter the phone number required to

No default.

 

connect to the dialup account. Do not

 

 

add spaces to the phone number.

 

 

Make sure to include standard special

 

 

characters for pauses, country codes,

 

 

and other functions as required by your

 

 

modem to connect to your dialup

 

 

account.

 

 

 

 

pin-init <string>

Enter additional pin initialization strings

No default

 

that may be required for a proper

 

 

connection.

 

 

 

 

priority <integer>

Enter the priority of learned routes on

0

 

this interface.

 

 

Valid priorities are from 0 to

 

 

4294967295.

 

 

 

 

redial <tries_integer>

Set the maximum number of times (1-

No default.

 

10) that the FortiGate unit dials the ISP

 

 

to restore an active connection on the

 

 

modem interface. Select none to allow

 

 

the modem to redial without a limit.

 

status

Enable or disable modem support. This

disable

{disable enable}

is equivalent to bringing an interface up

 

 

or down.

 

username1 <name_str>

Enter the user name used to access

No default.

 

the specified dialup account.

 

username2 <name_str>

Enter the user name used to access

No default.

 

the specified dialup account.

 

username3 <name_str>

Enter the user name used to access

No default.

 

the specified dialup account.

 

wireless-custom-vendor-id

Enter the wireless modem vendor ID

No default

<hex_string>

as a hexadecimal number.

 

wireless-custom-product-id

Enter the wireless modem product ID

No default

<hex_string>

as a hexadecimal number.

 

Example

This example shows how to enable the modem and configure the modem to act as a backup for the WAN1 interface. Only one dial-up account is configured. The FortiGate unit and modem will attempt to dial this account 10 times. The FortiGate unit will wait 5 seconds after the WAN1 interface recovers before switching back to the WAN1 interface.

FortiGate-60B FortiOS 3.0 MR6 Install Guide

 

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