Adding A Default Gateway Using The Lcd; Verifying The Front Control Buttons And Lcd Configuration; Verify Connection; Using The Command Line Interface - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-3000 Install Manual

Transparent mode installation

Using the command line interface

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Adding a default gateway using the LCD

The default gateway is usually configured for the interface connected to the
Internet. You can use the procedure below to configure a default gateway for any
interface.
To add a default gateway to an interface
1 Press Enter to display the interface list.
2 Use the down arrow key to highlight the name of the interface connected to the
Internet and press Enter.
3 Use the down arrow to highlight Default Gateway.
4 Press Enter and set the default gateway.
5 After you set the last digit of the default gateway, press Enter.
6 Press Esc to return to the main menu setting.
You will have to configure the DNS server settings through either the web-based
manager or the CLI. There is no option on the LCD to configure DNS server
settings.

Verifying the front control buttons and LCD configuration

To verify the interface settings entered from the front control buttons and LCD, go
to the web-based manager, System > Network > Interface. The interface IP
addresses entered from the front control buttons and LCD should be displayed.

Verify connection

To verify your connection, try the following:
• browse to www.fortinet.com
• retrieve or send email from your email account
If you cannot browse the website or retrieve/send email from your account, review
the previous steps to ensure all information was entered correctly and try again.
As an alternative to the web-based manager, you can begin the initial
configuration of the FortiGate unit using the command line interface (CLI). To
connect to the CLI, see
you gathered in Table 14 on page 44
To change to Transparent mode using the CLI
1 Make sure you are logged into the CLI.
2 Switch to Transparent mode. Enter:
config system settings
set opmode transparent
set manageip <address_ip> <netmask>
set gateway <address_gateway>
end
After a few seconds, the following prompt appears:
Changing to TP mode
"Connecting to the CLI" on page
to complete the following procedures.
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