Default Route And Default Gateway - Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Manual

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Default route and default gateway

If ECMP Route Failover & Load Balance Method is set to weighted add

weights for each route. Add higher weights to routes that you want to load

balance more sessions to. See

balancing" on page

Delete and Edit

Delete or edit an entry in the list.

In the factory default configuration, entry number 1 in the Static Route list is associated

with a destination address of 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0, which means any/all destinations. This route

is called the "static default route". If no other routes are present in the routing table and a

packet needs to be forwarded beyond the FortiGate unit, the factory configured static

default route causes the FortiGate unit to forward the packet to the default gateway.

To prevent this you must either edit the factory configured static default route to specify a

different default gateway for the FortiGate unit, or delete the factory configured route and

specify your own static default route that points to the default gateway for the FortiGate

Note: For network traffic to pass, even with the correct routes configured, you must have

the appropriate firewall policies. For details, see

For example,

outbound packets destined to any network beyond the router are routed to the correct

destination, you must edit the factory default configuration and make the router the default

gateway for the FortiGate unit.

"Configuring weighted static route load

shows a FortiGate unit connected to a router. To ensure that all

FortiGate Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide

"Configuring firewall policies" on page

01-410-89802-20090903

http://docs.fortinet.com/

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