Connecting And Turning On The Fortibridge Unit; Connecting And Turning On The Fortibridge-1000 Unit - Fortinet Version 3.0 Administration Manual

Setting up FortiBridge units

Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge unit

Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge-1000 unit

FortiBridge Version 3.0 Administration Guide
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In most cases, you can connect the FortiBridge unit without making any
configuration changes to your network or your FortiGate unit. All that is required is
to move and reconnect network cables.
Note: The default FortiBridge management IP address is 192.168.1.99. If this IP address
conflicts with an IP address on your network, you can use the procedure
management IP address" on page 27
Right out of the box you can connect, power on, and configure the FortiBridge unit
without interrupting network traffic (except for the interruption required to move
and re-connect network cables). When connected and powered on, the
FortiBridge unit operates in Normal mode. Probes are not configured. The
FortiBridge unit does not provide fail open protection until probes are configured.
Note: This procedure describes how to connect a FortiBridge-1000 unit to provide fail open
protection for network traffic passing between FortiGate unit internal and external
interfaces. If the FortiBridge-1000 unit provides fail open protection for traffic between
different FortiGate interfaces, you can use the same procedure but substitute FortiGate
interface names as required.
The FortiBridge-1000 unit contains 4 auto-sensing 10/100/1000 Ethernet
interfaces that connect to the internal and external networks and to the FortiGate
interfaces that were connected to these networks. Use the following steps to
connect a FortiBridge-1000 unit to the network as shown in
Figure 11: Connecting the FortiBridge-1000 unit
Power cable connects to power supply
DC+5V
PWR
Ethernet connection to FortiGate External interface
Ethernet connection to FortiGate Internal interface
Internal network
Switch
Note: Normally, you would use straight-through ethernet cables to connect the
FortiBridge-1000 unit to the FortiGate unit and to your networks. However, for some
connections you may need a crossover ethernet cable (for example, for compatibility with
network devices that do not support Auto MDI/MDIX).
Connecting and turning on the FortiBridge unit
to change this IP address.
Optional RJ-45 serial cable connects to management computer
TO FORTIGATE
CONSOLE EXT 2 INT 2 EXT 1 INT 1
Ethernet connection to Internal network
Ethernet connection to External network
INT 1 EXT 1
Switch
EXT 2
INT 2
Internal External
(Transparent mode)
"Changing the
Figure 11.
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