Adding A Default Gateway Using The Front Control Buttons And Lcd; Verifying The Front Control Buttons And Lcd; Verify The Connection; Using The Command Line Interface - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-200A Install Manual

NAT/Route mode installation

Using the command line interface

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Adding a default gateway using the front control buttons and
LCD
The default gateway is usually configured for the interface connected to the
Internet. You can use the procedure below to configure a default gateway for any
interface.
To add a default gateway to an interface
1 Press Enter to display the interface list.
2 Use the down arrow key to highlight the name of the interface connected to the
Internet and press Enter.
3 Use the down arrow to highlight Default Gateway.
4 Press Enter and set the default gateway.
5 After you set the last digit of the default gateway, press Enter.
6 Press Esc to return to the main menu setting.

Verifying the front control buttons and LCD

To verify the interface settings entered from the front control buttons and LCD, go
to the web-based manager, System > Network > Interface. The interface IP
addresses entered from the front control buttons and LCD should be displayed.

Verify the connection

To verify your connection, try the following:
• browse to www.fortinet.com
• retrieve or send email from your email account
If you cannot browse to the web site or retrieve/send email from your account,
review the previous steps to ensure all information was entered correctly and try
again.
You can also configure the FortiGate unit using the command line interface (CLI).
For information about connecting to the CLI, see
page 23.

Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode

Use the information you gathered in
following procedures.
To add/change the administrator password
1 Log into the CLI.
2 Change the admin administrator password. Enter:
config system admin
edit admin
set password <psswrd>
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