Configuring the modem using the CLI

Configuring the modem interface

Configuring the modem using the CLI

Configure the modem settings for the FortiWiFi-60A/AM through the CLI. The following table of CLI commands are specifically for the modem configuration.

Keywords and variables

Description

Default

 

 

 

altmode

Enable for installations using PPP in China.

enable

{enable disable}

 

 

auto-dial

Enable to dial the modem automatically if the

disable

{enable disable}

connection is lost, or the FortiWiFi unit is

 

restarted.

 

 

dial-on-demandmust be disabled.

 

 

mode must be standalone

 

connect_timeout

Set the connection completion timeout

90

<seconds>

(30-255 seconds).

 

dial-on-demand

Enable to dial the modem when packets are

disable

{enable disable}

routed to the modem interface. The modem

 

 

disconnects after the idle-timerperiod.

 

 

auto-dialmust be disabled.When traffic

 

 

occurs on the interface, the FortiGate unit

 

 

dials the modem again.

 

 

 

 

holddown-timer

Used only when the modem is configured as

60

<seconds>

a backup for an interface. Set the time (1-60

 

seconds) that the FortiWiFi unit waits before

 

 

switching from the modem interface to the

 

 

primary interface, after the primary interface

 

 

has been restored.

 

 

mode must be redundant.

 

idle-timer

Set the number of minutes the modem

5

<minutes>

connection can be idle before it is

 

 

disconnected.

 

 

mode must be standalone.

 

interface <name>

Enter an interface name to associate the

No default.

 

modem interface with the Ethernet interface

 

 

that you want to either back up (backup

 

 

configuration) or replace (standalone

 

 

configuration).

 

 

 

 

mode <mode>

Enter the required mode:

standalone

 

standalone

 

 

The modem interface is the connection from

 

 

the FortiWiFi unit to the Internet.

 

 

redundant

 

 

The modem interface automatically takes

 

 

over from a selected Ethernet interface when

 

 

that Ethernet interface is unavailable.

 

passwd1

Enter the password used to access the

No default

<password_srt>

specified dialup account.

 

passwd2

Enter the password used to access the

No default.

<password_str>

specified dialup account.

 

passwd3

Enter the password used to access the

No default.

<password_str>

specified dialup account

 

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