Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-500 Installation Manual page 33

NAT/Route mode installation
FortiGate-500 Installation Guide
3 Set the IP address and netmask of the external interface to the external IP address
and netmask that you recorded in
config system external
edit external
set mode static
set ip <address_ip> <netmask>
end
Example
config system external
edit external
set mode static
set ip <204.23.1.5> <255.255.255.0>
end
To set the external interface to use DHCP, enter:
config system interface
edit external
set mode dhcp
end
To set the external interface to use PPPoE, enter:
config system interface
edit external
set mode pppoe
set connection enable
set username <name_str>
set password <psswrd>
end
4 Use the same syntax to set the IP address of each FortiGate interface as required.
5 Confirm that the addresses are correct. Enter:
get system interface
The CLI lists the IP address, netmask, and other settings for each of the FortiGate
interfaces.
To configure DNS server settings
• Set the primary and secondary DNS server IP addresses. Enter
config system dns
set primary <address_ip>
set secondary <address_ip>
end
Example
config system dns
set primary 293.44.75.21
set secondary 293.44.75.22
end
Table 5 on page
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Using the command line interface
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