Adding Zones; Deleting Zones; Configuring Interfaces - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-800 Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring interfaces

Adding zones

Deleting zones

Configuring interfaces
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The new zone does not appear in the policy grid until you add an interface to it, see
"To add an interface to a zone"
addresses" on page
To add a zone
1 Go to System > Network > Zone.
2 Select New.
3 Type a name for the zone.
The name can contain numbers (0-9), uppercase and lowercase letters (A-Z, a-z), and
the special characters - and _. Other special characters and spaces are not allowed.
4 Select the Block intra-zone traffic check box if you want to block traffic between
interfaces in the same zone.
5 Select OK.
You must remove all interfaces and VLAN subinterfaces from a zone before you can
delete the zone. You can only delete zones that have the Delete icon
in the zone list.
To delete a zone
1 Go to System > Network > Zone.
2 Select Delete
3 Select OK to delete the zone.
Use the following procedures to configure FortiGate interfaces and VLAN
subinterfaces. All of these procedures can be used for physical FortiGate interfaces
and for VLAN subinterfaces.
• Viewing the interface list
• Changing the administrative status of an interface
• Adding an interface to a zone
• Configuring an interface with a manual IP address
• Configuring an interface for DHCP
• Configuring an interface for PPPoE
• Adding a secondary IP address to an interface
• Adding a ping server to an interface
• Controlling administrative access to an interface
• Changing the MTU size to improve network performance
• Configuring traffic logging for connections to an interface
• Configuring the management interface in Transparent mode
below, and add a firewall address for it (see
197).
to remove a zone from the list.
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