Connecting The Fortigate Unit To Your Networks - Fortinet FortiGate 50A Installation And Configuration Manual

NAT/Route mode installation

Connecting the FortiGate unit to your networks

FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide
6 Optionally, set the secondary DNS server IP addresses. Enter
set system dns secondary <IP address>
Example
set system dns secondary 293.44.75.22
7 Set the default route to the Default Gateway IP address (not required for DHCP and
PPPoE).
set system route number <route_no> dst 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 gw1
<gateway_ip>
Example
set system route number 0 dst 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 gw1 204.23.1.2
Figure 5: FortiGate-50A network connections
Internal Network
Hub, Switch
or Router
Internal
FortiGate-50A
When you have completed the initial configuration, you can connect the FortiGate unit
between your internal network and the Internet.
There are two 10/100 BaseTX connectors on the FortiGate-50A:
• Internal for connecting to your internal network,
• External for connecting to the Internet.
Management
Computer
PWR STATUS
INTERNAL EXTERNAL
A
LINK 100 LINK 100
External
Public Switch
or Router
Internet
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