NAT/Route mode installation

Starting the setup wizard

 

 

Table 7: Setup wizard settings

Antivirus

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.

 

 

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 8: Select the Easy Setup Wizard

2Follow the instructions on the wizard pages and use the information that you gathered in Table 5 on page 26 and Table 7 on page 32 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.

Note: If you change the IP address of the interface you are connecting to, you must connect through a web browser again using the new address. Browse to https:// followed by the new IP address of the interface. If the new IP address of the interface is on a different subnet, you may have to change the IP address of your computer to the same subnet.

Note: If you use the setup wizard to configure internal server settings, the FortiGate unit adds port forwarding virtual IPs and firewall policies for each server. For each server located on the network connected to Port 1 the FortiGate unit adds a Port2->Port1 firewall policy.

You are now finished the initial configuration of the FortiGate unit.

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500A, Network Router, 127, FORTIGATE specifications

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