Changing The Mtu Size To Improve Network Performance; Configuring Traffic Logging For Connections To An Interface - Fortinet FortiGate 50A Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring interfaces

Changing the MTU size to improve network performance

Configuring traffic logging for connections to an interface

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2 Choose an interface and select Modify
3 Select the Administrative Access methods for the interface.
HTTPS To allow secure HTTPS connections to the web-based manager through this
interface.
PING If you want this interface to respond to pings. Use this setting to verify your
installation and for testing.
HTTP To allow HTTP connections to the web-based manager through this interface.
HTTP connections are not secure and can be intercepted by a third party.
SSH To allow SSH connections to the CLI through this interface.
SNMP To allow a remote SNMP manager to request SNMP information by connecting to
this interface. See
TELNET To allow Telnet connections to the CLI through this interface. Telnet connections
are not secure and can be intercepted by a third party.
4 Select OK to save the changes.
To improve network performance, you can change the maximum transmission unit
(MTU) of the packets that the FortiGate unit transmits from any interface. Ideally, this
MTU should be the same as the smallest MTU of all the networks between the
FortiGate unit and the destination of the packets. If the packets that the FortiGate unit
sends are larger, they are broken up or fragmented, which slows down transmission.
Experiment by lowering the MTU to find an MTU size for best network performance.
To change the MTU size of the packets leaving an interface
1 Go to System > Network > Interface.
2 Choose an interface and select Modify
3 Select Override default MTU value (1500).
4 Set the MTU size.
Set the maximum packet size. For manual and DHCP addressing mode the MTU size
can be from 576 to 1500 bytes. For PPPoE addressing mode the MTU size can be
from 576 to 1492 bytes.
To configure traffic logging for connections to an interface
1 Go to System > Network > Interface.
2 Choose an interface and select Modify
3 Select the Log check box to record log messages whenever a firewall policy accepts a
connection to this interface.
4 Select OK to save the changes.
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