Fortinet 500A Manuel D’Utilisation

Fortinet

Contents

FortiGate-500A Installation Guide

01-28005-0101-20041015

3

Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................ 5

Secure installation, configuration, and management .......................................................... 6

Web-based manager ......................................................................................................  6
Command line interface ..................................................................................................  7
Setup wizard ...................................................................................................................  7

Document conventions ....................................................................................................... 7
Fortinet documentation ....................................................................................................... 9

Comments on Fortinet technical documentation............................................................. 9

Customer service and technical support........................................................................... 10

Getting started ..................................................................................................... 11

Package contents .............................................................................................................  12
Mounting ...........................................................................................................................  12
Turning the FortiGate unit power on and off .....................................................................  13
Connecting to the web-based manager ............................................................................  14
Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)...............................................................  15
Factory default FortiGate configuration settings ...............................................................  16

Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration ..............................................  17
Factory default Transparent mode network configuration.............................................  18
Factory default firewall configuration ............................................................................  18
Factory default protection profiles.................................................................................  19

Planning the FortiGate configuration ................................................................................ 20

NAT/Route mode ..........................................................................................................  20
NAT/Route mode with multiple external network connections......................................  21
Transparent mode.........................................................................................................  22
Configuration options ....................................................................................................  22

Next steps ......................................................................................................................... 23

NAT/Route mode installation.............................................................................. 25

Preparing to configure the FortiGate unit in NAT/Route mode ......................................... 25

DHCP or PPPoE configuration ..................................................................................... 26

Using the web-based manager ......................................................................................... 27

Configuring basic settings............................................................................................. 27

Using the front control buttons and LCD........................................................................... 28
Using the command line interface..................................................................................... 29

Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode ..................................... 29

Using the setup wizard...................................................................................................... 32

Starting the setup wizard .............................................................................................. 33

Connecting the FortiGate unit to the network(s) ...............................................................  34
Configuring the networks ..................................................................................................  35
Next steps .........................................................................................................................  35