Installing the FortiWiFi unit

Connecting to the FortiWiFi unit

Table 2: LED indicators

LED

State

Description

 

 

 

Power

Green

The FortiWiFi unit is powered on.

 

 

 

 

Off

The FortiWiFi unit is powered off.

 

 

 

WLAN

Green

Traffic on WLAN link.

 

 

 

Link

Green

The correct cable is in use and the connected

(Internal, DMZ,

 

equipment has power.

WAN1, WAN2)

 

 

Flashing Green

Network activity at this interface.

 

 

 

 

 

Off

No link established.

 

 

 

100

Green

The interface is connected at 100 Mbps.

(Internal, DMZ,

 

 

WAN1, WAN2)

 

 

 

 

 

Powering off the FortiWiFi unit

Always shut down the FortiWiFi operating system properly before turning off the power switch to avoid potential hardware problems.

To power off the FortiWiFi unit

1From the web-based manager, go to System > Status.

2In the Unit Operation display, select Shutdown. or from the CLI, enter:

execute shutdown

3Disconnect the power supply.

Connecting to the FortiWiFi unit

There are two methods of connecting and configuring the basic FortiWiFi settings:

the web-based manager

the command line interface (CLI)

Web-based manager

You can configure and manage the FortiWiFi unit using HTTP or a secure HTTPS connection from any computer running Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or recent browser. The web-based manager supports multiple languages.

You can use the web-based manager to configure most FortiWiFi settings, and monitor the status of the FortiWiFi unit.

Command line interface

You can access the FortiWiFi command line interface (CLI) by connecting a management computer serial port to the FortiWiFi serial console connector. You can also use Telnet or a secure SSH connection to connect to the CLI from any network that is connected to the FortiWiFi unit, including the Internet.

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