Fortinet Version 3.0 manual Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge unit

Setting up FortiBridge units Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge unit

Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge unit

In most cases, you can connect the FortiBridge unit without making any configuration changes to your network or your FortiGate unit. All that is required is to move and reconnect network cables.

Note: The default FortiBridge management IP address is 192.168.1.99. If this IP address conflicts with an IP address on your network, you can use the procedure “Changing the management IP address” on page 27 to change this IP address.

Right out of the box you can connect, power on, and configure the FortiBridge unit without interrupting network traffic (except for the interruption required to move and re-connect network cables). When connected and powered on, the FortiBridge unit operates in Normal mode. Probes are not configured. The FortiBridge unit does not provide fail open protection until probes are configured.

Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge-1000 unit

Note: This procedure describes how to connect a FortiBridge-1000 unit to provide fail open protection for network traffic passing between FortiGate unit internal and external interfaces. If the FortiBridge-1000 unit provides fail open protection for traffic between different FortiGate interfaces, you can use the same procedure but substitute FortiGate interface names as required.

The FortiBridge-1000 unit contains 4 auto-sensing 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces that connect to the internal and external networks and to the FortiGate interfaces that were connected to these networks. Use the following steps to connect a FortiBridge-1000 unit to the network as shown in Figure 11.

Figure 11: Connecting the FortiBridge-1000 unit

Power cable connects to power supply

Optional RJ-45 serial cable connects to management computer

TO FORTIGATE

DC+5V
PWR	CONSOLE	EXT 2	INT 2	EXT 1	INT 1

Ethernet connection to FortiGate External interface	Ethernet connection to Internal network
Ethernet connection to FortiGate Internal interface	Ethernet connection to External network

Internal network

INT 1

Switch INT 2

EXT 1

Internet

EXT 2 Switch Router

Internal

External

(Transparent mode)

Note: Normally, you would use straight-through ethernet cables to connect the FortiBridge-1000 unit to the FortiGate unit and to your networks. However, for some connections you may need a crossover ethernet cable (for example, for compatibility with network devices that do not support Auto MDI/MDIX).

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