Transparent Mode; Connecting To The Fortigate Unit; Connecting To The Web-Based Manager - Fortinet FortiGate 30B Install Manual

Fortios 3.0 mr6

Table of Contents

Transparent mode

Connecting to the FortiGate unit

In Transparent mode, the FortiGate unit is invisible to the network. Similar to a

network bridge, all FortiGate interfaces must be on the same subnet. You only

have to configure a management IP address to make configuration changes. The

management IP address is also used for antivirus and attack definition updates.

Figure 3: FortiGate unit in Transparent mode

Gateway to public network

204.23.1.2

Internet

You typically use the FortiGate unit in Transparent mode on a private network

behind an existing firewall or behind a router. The FortiGate unit performs firewall

functions, IPSec VPN, virus scanning, IPS web filtering, and Spam filtering.

To configure, maintain and administer the FortiGate unit, you need to connect to it.

There are two methods for these tasks:

•

using the web-based manger, a GUI interface using a current web browser

such as FireFox or Internet Explorer.

•

using the command line interface (CLI), a command line interface similar to

DOS or UNIX commands using an SSH terminal or Telnet terminal.

To connect to the web-based manager, you require:

•

a computer with an Ethernet connection

•

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher or any recent version of the

Table of Contents

Fortigate-30b