Connecting To The Web-Based Manager; Connecting To The Web-Based Manager Using Port 1 - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-3000 Install Manual

Connecting the FortiGate unit

Connecting to the web-based manager

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Use the following procedure to connect to the web-based manager for the first
time. Configuration changes made with the web-based manager are effective
immediately, without resetting the firewall or interrupting service.
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
most popular web browser
• a crossover Ethernet cable or an Ethernet hub and two Ethernet cables
Note: Before starting Internet Explorer, (or any recent version of the most popular web
browser), ping to your FortiGate unit to see if the connection between the computer and the
FortiGate unit is working properly.

Connecting to the web-based manager using port 1

You can use the port 1 interface to connect to the web-based manager. The port 1
interface can be used as an optional interface on the FortiGate-3000 when there
is no optical network to connect to the internal interface.
To connect to the web-based manager using port 1
1 Connect to the FortiGate-3000 command line interface (CLI). See
the CLI" on page 22.
2 Set the IP address and netmask of Port 1 to an IP address you can connect to a
computer with an Ethernet connection, and set the administrative access to
HTTPS.
config system interface
edit port1
set ip <address_ip> <netmask>
set allowaccess https
end
Example
To set the IP address of Port 1 to 192.168.20.99 and netmask to 255.255.255.0
and set administrative access to HTTPS, enter:
config system interface
edit port1
set ip 192.168.20.99. 255.255.255.0
set allowaccess https
end
3 Set the IP address of the computer with an Ethernet connection to a static IP
address on the same subnet as Port 1.
4 Using the crossover cable (or the Ethernet hub and cables), connect Port 1 of the
FortiGate unit to the computer Ethernet connection.
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