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FortiBridge configuration settings

Administrator password

Management IP address/netmask

Default route

Primary DNS IP address

Secondary DNS IP address

 Probes and Alerts

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Technical support

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Fortinet Technical Support Web site:

 http://support.fortinet.com

Fortinet Knowledge Center:

 http://kc.forticare.com

Fortinet email support:

[email protected]

For customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America and South America.

[email protected]

For customers in Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, all other Asian countries, and Australia.

[email protected]

For customers in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Mainland Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Probes

Configure probe settings to set actions on failure, add a dynamic IP 

pattern used by the probe packets, and enter the serial number of the 

FortiGate unit. Actions on failure can include failing open and sending 

an alert email, a syslog message, and an SNMP trap.

config probe setting

set action_on_failure alertmail failopen snmp syslog

set dynamic_ip_pattern #.#.#.*

set fgt_serial <FortiGate_serial>

end

Enable ping, HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, and IMAP probes. Optionally 

change the failure threshold and probe interval for each probe.
Enable the ping probe to send ping packets through the FortiGate unit.

config probe probe_list ping

set status enable

end

Enable the HTTP probe and change the failure threshold and probe 

interval.

config probe probe_list http

set status enable

set failure_threshold 5

set probe_interval 8

end

You can also change HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, and IMAP probe port 

numbers. See the 

FortiBridge Administration Guide

 for details.

Alerts

Configure alert email.

config alertemail setting

set server mail.myorg.com

set username [email protected]

set password PassWORD

set mailto1 [email protected]

end

Add the IP address of a syslog server that receives FortiBridge 

syslog messages.

config log syslogd setting

set server 172.20.120.11

end

Add an SNMP community and add the IP address of a SNMP 

manager to the community

config system snmp community

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set name snmp_community

config hosts

edit 1

set ip 192.168.20.102

end

end

Probes monitor the FortiGate unit by sending packets from the INT 2 interface 

through the FortiGate unit to the EXT 2 interface. If probe packets are not 

received at the EXT 2 interface the FortiBridge unit detects a failure.

Basic configuration

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1. Change administrator password. 

config system admin

edit admin

      set password <password>
end

2. Change the Management IP address. 

config system manageip

set ip <mng_ip>/<netmask>

end

3. Change DNS server IP addresses.

config system dns 

set primary <dns-server_ip>

set secondary <dns-server_ip>

end

4. Add the default route.

config system route

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set gateway <gateway_ip>

end

Connecting to the CLI

1. Connect the FortiBridge console port to the serial communications port 

on your computer.

2. Start a terminal emulation program (HyperTerminal) on the 

management computer. Use these settings: Baud Rate (bps) 9600, 

Data bits 8, Parity None, Stop bits 1, and Flow Control None.

3. At the Login: prompt, type 

admin

 and press Enter twice (no password 

required).

Collect information you need to set up the FortiBridge unit for your network. 

Configure the FortiBridge unit from the command line interface (CLI).

Complete the basic FortiBridge unit network configuration.

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