Fortinet 800, 800F Table of Contents

Contents

FortiGate-800/800F Installation Guide 01-28006-0024-20041026 3

Table of Contents

Secure installation, configuration, and management.......................................................... 5

Web-based manager ...................................................................................................... 6

Command line interface........................................................ .......................................... 6

Setup wizard..................... .............................................................................................. 7

Document conventions...... ................................................................................................. 7

FortiGate documentation...... .............................................................................................. 8

Related documentation................................................................ ....................................... 9

FortiManager documentation............................................................ .............................. 9

FortiClient documentation................................................. .............................................. 9

FortiMail documentation.................................................................................................. 9

FortiLog documentation.............. .................................................................................. 10

Comments on Fortinet technical documentation........................................................... 10

Customer service and technical support........................................................................... 11

Package contents....... ...................................................................................................... 14

Mounting..................................... ...................................................................................... 15

Turning the FortiGate unit power on and off................................ ..................................... 16

Connecting to the web-based manager............................................................................ 16

Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)............................................................... 17

Factory default FortiGate configuration settings....................... ........................................ 19

Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration............ .................................. 19

Factory default Transparent mode network configuration............................................. 20

Factory default firewall configuration ............................................................................ 21

Factory default protection profiles............................................................................... .. 21

Planning the FortiGate configuration. ............................................................................... 23

NAT/Route mode........................ .................................................................................. 23

NAT/Route mode with multiple external network connections...................................... 24

Transparent mode......................................................................................................... 24

Configuration options........................................................ ............................................ 25

Next steps.......................................................................... ............................................... 26

Preparing to configure the FortiGate unit in NAT/Route mode....................... .................. 27

DHCP or PPPoE configuration ..................................................................................... 28

Using the web-based manager.............................................................................. ........... 29

Configuring basic settings.................................................................................. ........... 29

Using the front control buttons and LCD........................................................................... 30

Using the command line interface..................................................................................... 31

Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode..................................... 31