Using The Command Line Interface; Configuring The Fortigate Unit To Operate In Nat/Route Mode - Fortinet FortiGate 50A Installation And Configuration Manual

Using the command line interface

Using the command line interface

Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode

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As an alternative to using the setup wizard, you can configure the FortiGate unit using
the command line interface (CLI). To connect to the CLI, see
command line interface (CLI)" on page
Use the information that you gathered in
following procedures.
Configuring NAT/Route mode IP addresses
1 Log into the CLI if you are not already logged in.
2 Set the IP address and netmask of the internal interface to the internal IP address and
netmask that you recorded in
set system interface internal mode static ip <IP address>
<netmask>
Example
set system interface internal mode static ip 192.168.1.1
255.255.255.0
3 Set the IP address and netmask of the external interface to the external IP address
and netmask that you recorded in
To set the manual IP address and netmask, enter:
set system interface external static ip <IP address> <netmask>
Example
set system interface external mode static ip 204.23.1.5
255.255.255.0
To set the external interface to use DHCP, enter:
set system interface external mode dhcp connection enable
To set the external interface to use PPPoE, enter:
set system interface external mode pppoe username <user name>
password <password> connection enable
Example
set system interface external mode pppoe username
user@domain.com password mypass connection enable
4 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.
5 Set the primary DNS server IP addresses. Enter
set system dns primary <IP address>
Example
set system dns primary 293.44.75.21
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Table 12 on page 34
Table 12 on page 34. Enter:
Table 12 on page
NAT/Route mode installation
"Connecting to the
to complete the
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