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Fortinet Wireless Starter Kit Manual

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  • Page 1 Wireless Starter Kit Guide for FortiOS 4.0 MR2...
  • Page 2 FortiGuard-Antivirus, FortiGuard-Intrusion, FortiGuard-Web, FortiLog, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, Fortinet®, FortiOS, FortiPartner, FortiProtect, FortiReporter, FortiResponse, FortiShield, FortiVoIP, and FortiWiFi are trademarks of Fortinet, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents FortiAP™ Wireless Starter Kit FortiAP unit overview ........5 Features .
  • Page 4 Contents Wireless Starter Kit Guide for FortiOS 4.0 MR2 01-420-139115-20110223 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback...

  • Page 5: Fortiap™ Wireless Starter Kit

    FortiAP™ Wireless Starter Kit The purpose of the Wireless Starter Kit is to provide a very cost effective and simplified way to showcase the capability of FortiAP wireless access points. This document introduces the FortiAP unit and the FortiOS wireless controller feature as demonstrated in the Starter Kit.

  • Page 6: Rear Panel

    Port 0 connects to the FortiGate unit that acts as the wireless controller. Power Flashing - power connected but unit not managed. Lit steadily - indicates that the unit has power and is managed. Wireless Starter Kit Guide for FortiOS 4.0 MR2 01-420-139115-20110223 http://docs.fortinet.com/ •...

  • Page 7: Power Options

    FortiAP™ Wireless Starter Kit FortiAP unit overview Power options The FortiAP unit requires 12 volts and power supply with universal 100-240 volt input is provided. If power is not conveniently available at the mounting location, it is possible to use a power-over-Ethernet (POE) adaptor to feed 12 volt power to the device through the Ethernet cable.

  • Page 8: Fortigate Wireless Controller

    3 At each FortiAP unit, connect the power supply (or the power cable of the POE unit) to the Power jack. 4 Connect the power supply to the FortiGate unit. The FortiGate supply is rated at 3A. The FortiAP supplies are 1.5A. Wireless Starter Kit Guide for FortiOS 4.0 MR2 01-420-139115-20110223 http://docs.fortinet.com/ •...

  • Page 9: Checking The Firmware

    1 Connect a computer to one of the Internal ports. 2 Use a browser to connect to http://172.16.1.1. 3 Log in with user name “Admin” and password “fortinet”. 4 Go to System > Dashboard > Status and check the Firmware version in System Information.

  • Page 10: Obtaining And Installing The Fortiap Firmware

    FortiAP™ Wireless Starter Kit To install the firmware on the FortiGate unit 1 Log in to the FortiGate unit with user name “Admin” and password “fortinet”. “To verify the FortiGate unit firmware” on page 9 or see the unit’s QuickStart Guide for more information.

  • Page 11: Demonstrating Authentication

    The FortiGate unit must use build 6390 firmware with this configuration. To install the configuration on the FortiGate unit 1 Log in to the FortiGate unit with user name “Admin” and password “fortinet”. “To verify the FortiGate unit firmware” on page 9 or see the unit’s QuickStart Guide...

  • Page 12: Confirming That The Wireless Access Points Are Activated

    Go to Wireless Controller > Configuration > AP Profile and select the Demo-profile. Note the selection of Platform (Access Point) type, Band, Channels. These will all apply to the Virtual APs that you select. Wireless Starter Kit Guide for FortiOS 4.0 MR2 01-420-139115-20110223 http://docs.fortinet.com/ •...

  • Page 13: Checking Wireless Signals

    FortiAP™ Wireless Starter Kit Demonstrating authentication Checking wireless signals With a WiFi-equipped computer, check the available wireless networks. You should see the following SSIDs listed: • FAP-Guest • FAP-Contractor • FAP-Faculty • FAP-Student • FAP-VLAN10 Each of these SSIDs is configured differently to demonstrate the features and security capabilities of the FortiOS wireless controller.

  • Page 14: Wpa Shared Key Demonstration

    FortiAP™ Wireless Starter Kit WPA shared key demonstration On your computer, select the FAP-Contractor SSID. Enter the shared key “fortinet”. Check that you have received an IP address in the 10.16.x.x range. Browse to a web site to confirm your connectivity.

  • Page 15: Monitoring Traffic

    FortiAP™ Wireless Starter Kit Monitoring traffic Monitoring traffic Go to Dashboard > Traffic History to monitor the amount of traffic on each wireless network (SSID). Rogue AP scanning Go to Wireless Controller > Monitor > Rogue AP to view the other access points available at your location.
  • Page 16 Rogue AP scanning FortiAP™ Wireless Starter Kit Wireless Starter Kit Guide for FortiOS 4.0 MR2 01-420-139115-20110223 http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback...

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