Changing web-based manager options – Fortinet FortiGate 100 User Manual

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System configuration

Specify how often the FortiGate unit should synchronize its time with the NTP server.
A typical Syn Interval would be 1440 minutes for the FortiGate unit to synchronize its
time once a day.

Select Apply.

Figure 1: Example date and time setting

Changing web-based manager options

On the System > Config > Options page, you can:

• Set the system idle timeout.

• Set the authentication timeout.

• Select the language for the web-base manager.

• Modify the dead gateway detection settings.

To set the system idle timeout

For Idle Timeout, type a number in minutes.

Select Apply.

Idle Timeout controls the amount of inactive time that the web-based manager waits
before requiring the administrator to log in again.

The default idle time out is 5 minutes. The maximum idle time out is 480 minutes
(8 hours).