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

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Using the command line interface

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Note: When you enter the IP address, the LCD always shows three digits for each part of
the address. For example, the IP address 192.168.100.1 appears on the LCD as
192.168.100.001. The IP address 192.168.23.45 appears as 192.168.023.045.
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.
As an alternative to the web-based manager, you can begin the initial
configuration of the FortiGate unit using the command line interface (CLI). To
connect to the CLI, see
you gathered in Table 15 on page 42
FortiGate-200A, FortiGate-300A, FortiGate-400A, and FortiGate-500A FortiOS 3.0 MR4 Install Guide
"Connecting to the CLI" on page
to complete the following procedures.
Configuring the FortiGate unit
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