Using The Front Control Buttons And Lcd; Using The Command Line Interface; Configuring The Fortigate Unit To Operate In Nat/Route Mode - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-800 Installation And Configuration Manual

Using the front control buttons and LCD

Using the front control buttons and LCD

Using the command line interface

Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode

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As an alternative to the setup wizard, use the information that you recorded in
Table 10 on page 42
Starting with Main Menu displayed on the LCD, use the front control buttons and LCD:
1 Press Enter three times to configure the internal
interface IP address.
2 Set the internal interface IP address.
Use the up and down arrow keys to increase or decrease the value of each IP address
digit. Press Enter to move to the next digit. Press Esc to move to the previous digit.
Note: When you enter an IP address, the LCD always shows three digits for each part of the
address. For example, the IP address 192.168.100.1 appears on the LCD as 192.168.100.001.
The IP address 192.168.23.45 appears as 192.168.023.045.
3 After you set the last digit of the IP address, press Enter.
4 Use the down arrow to highlight Netmask.
5 Press Enter and set the internal Netmask.
6 After you set the last digit of the Netmask, press Enter.
7 Press Esc to return to the Main Menu.
8 Repeat these steps to configure the external interface, external default gateway, and
DMZ interface if required.
You have now completed the initial configuration of your FortiGate unit and you can
proceed to "Completing the configuration" on page
As an alternative to using the setup wizard, you can configure the FortiGate unit using
the command line interface (CLI). For information about connecting to the CLI, see
"Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)" on page
Use the information that you gathered in
following procedure.
Configuring NAT/Route mode IP addresses
1 Make sure that you are logged into the CLI.
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
and Table 12 on page 43
Table 10 on page 42
Table 10 on page
NAT/Route mode installation
to complete the following procedure.
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