NAT/Route mode installation

 

 

Starting the setup wizard

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 8: Setup wizard settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password

Prepare an administrator password.

 

 

 

 

Internal Interface

Use the information you gathered in Table 6 on page 28.

 

 

 

 

External Interface

Use the information you gathered in Table 6 on page 28.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting IP:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

 

Ending IP:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

 

Netmask:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

DHCP server

Default

 

_____._____._____._____

 

 

Gateway:

 

 

 

 

DNS IP:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

 

Your FortiGate firewall contains a

DHCP server to automatically set up

 

 

the addresses of computers on your internal network

 

 

 

 

 

 

Web Server:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

 

SMTP Server:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

 

POP3 Server:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

Internal servers

IMAP Server:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

 

FTP Server:

 

_____._____._____._____

 

 

If you provide access from the Internet to a web server, SMTP server,

 

 

POP3 server IMAP server, or FTP server installed on an internal

 

 

network, add the IP addresses of the servers here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

High

Create a protection profile that enables virus

 

 

 

scanning, file blocking, and blocking of oversize

 

 

 

email for HTTP, FTP, IMAP, POP3, and SMTP. Add

 

 

 

this protection profile to a default firewall policy.

 

 

 

 

 

Antivirus

Medium

Create a protection profile that enables virus

 

 

scanning, for HTTP, FTP, IMAP, POP3, and SMTP

 

 

 

(recommended). Add this protection profile to a

 

 

 

default firewall policy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

None

Do not configure antivirus protection.

 

 

 

 

 

Select one of these security levels to protect your network from viruses.

 

 

 

 

 

Starting the setup wizard

1In the web-based manager, select Easy Setup Wizard.

Figure 9: Select the Easy Setup Wizard

2Follow the instructions on the wizard pages and use the information that you gathered in Table 6 on page 28 and Table 8 on page 35 to fill in the wizard fields.

3Select the Next button to step through the wizard pages.

4Confirm the configuration settings, and then select Finish and Close.

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800F, 800 specifications

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