
Contents
FortiGate-50R Installation and Configuration Guide
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Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 11
NAT/Route mode and Transparent mode......................................................................... 11
NAT/Route mode .......................................................................................................... 11
Transparent mode......................................................................................................... 11
About this document ......................................................................................................... 12
Document conventions ..................................................................................................... 13
Fortinet documentation ..................................................................................................... 14
Comments on Fortinet technical documentation........................................................... 14
Customer service and technical support........................................................................... 15
Getting started ..................................................................................................... 17
Package contents ............................................................................................................. 18
Mounting ........................................................................................................................... 18
Powering on ...................................................................................................................... 19
Connecting to the web-based manager ............................................................................ 20
Connecting to the command line interface (CLI)............................................................... 21
Factory default FortiGate configuration settings ............................................................... 22
Factory Default DHCP configuration............................................................................. 23
Factory default NAT/Route mode network configuration .............................................. 23
Factory default Transparent mode network configuration............................................. 24
Factory default firewall configuration ............................................................................ 24
Factory default content profiles..................................................................................... 25
Planning your FortiGate configuration .............................................................................. 28
NAT/Route mode .......................................................................................................... 28
Transparent mode......................................................................................................... 28
Configuration options .................................................................................................... 29
FortiGate model maximum values matrix ......................................................................... 30
Next steps ......................................................................................................................... 31
NAT/Route mode installation.............................................................................. 33
Installing the FortiGate unit using the default configuration .............................................. 33
Changing the default configuration ............................................................................... 34
Preparing to configure NAT/Route mode.......................................................................... 34
Advanced NAT/Route mode settings............................................................................ 35
Using the setup wizard...................................................................................................... 35
Starting the setup wizard .............................................................................................. 35
Reconnecting to the web-based manager .................................................................... 35
Using the command line interface..................................................................................... 36
Configuring the FortiGate unit to operate in NAT/Route mode ..................................... 36
Connecting the FortiGate unit to your networks................................................................ 37
Configuring your networks ................................................................................................ 38
Summary of Contents for FortiGate 50R
Page 16: ...16 Fortinet Inc Customer service and technical support Introduction ...
Page 32: ...32 Fortinet Inc Next steps Getting started ...
Page 40: ...40 Fortinet Inc Completing the configuration NAT Route mode installation ...
Page 112: ...112 Fortinet Inc Customizing replacement messages System configuration ...
Page 144: ...144 Fortinet Inc Content profiles Firewall configuration ...
Page 202: ...202 Fortinet Inc Logging attacks Network Intrusion Detection System NIDS ...
Page 216: ...216 Fortinet Inc Exempt URL list Web filtering ...
Page 228: ...228 Fortinet Inc Configuring alert email Logging and reporting ...
Page 232: ...232 Fortinet Inc Glossary ...