Factory Defaults - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-100A Install Manual

Factory defaults

Factory defaults
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The FortiGate unit ships with a factory default configuration. The default
configuration enables 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, if required,
configure basic routing.
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.
Once you complete the network configuration, 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 firewall policies to provide more control of
the network traffic passing through the FortiGate unit.
The factory default protection profiles can be used to apply different levels of
antivirus protection, web content filtering, spam filtering, and IPS to the network
traffic that is controlled by firewall policies.
This section includes the following topics:
• Factory default DHCP server configuration
• Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration
• Factory default Transparent mode network configuration
• Factory default firewall configuration
• Restoring the default settings
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