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Factory default FortiGate configuration settings

The FortiGate unit is shipped with a factory default configuration. The default configuration allows you to connect to and use the FortiGate web-based manager to configure the FortiGate unit onto the network. To configure the FortiGate unit onto the network you add an administrator password, change network interface IP addresses, add DNS server IP addresses, and configure routing, if required.

If you plan to operate the FortiGate unit in Transparent mode, you can switch to Transparent mode from the factory default configuration and then configure the FortiGate unit onto the network in Transparent mode.

Once the network configuration is complete, you can perform additional configuration tasks such as setting system time, configuring virus and attack definition updates, and registering the FortiGate unit.

The factory default firewall configuration includes a single network address translation (NAT) policy that allows users on your internal network to connect to the external network, and stops users on the external network from connecting to the internal network. You can add more policies to provide more control of the network traffic passing through the FortiGate unit.

The factory default content profiles can be used to apply different levels of antivirus protection, web content filtering, and email filtering to the network traffic that is controlled by firewall policies.

•Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration

•Factory default Transparent mode network configuration

•Factory default firewall configuration

•Factory default content profiles

Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration

When the FortiGate unit is first powered on, it is running in NAT/Route mode and has the basic network configuration listed in Table 2. This configuration allows you to connect to the FortiGate unit web-based manager and establish the configuration required to connect the FortiGate unit to the network. In Table 2 HTTPS management access means you can connect to the web-based manager using this interface. Ping management access means this interface responds to ping requests.

Table 2: Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration

Administrator	User name:	admin
account	Password:	(none)
	IP:	192.168.1.99
Internal interface	Netmask:	255.255.255.0
	Management Access:	HTTPS, Ping

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