Adding a secondary ip address to an interface, Adding a ping server to an interface – Fortinet FortiGate 4000 User Manual
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Configuring interfaces
Network configuration
7
Select Apply.
The FortiGate unit attempts to contact the PPPoE server from the interface to set the
IP address, netmask, default gateway IP address, and DNS server IP addresses.
8
Select Status: to refresh the addressing mode status message. Possible messages:
9
Select OK.
Adding a secondary IP address to an interface
You can use the CLI to add a secondary IP address to any FortiGate interface. The
secondary IP address cannot be the same as the primary IP address but it can be on
the same subnet.
To add a secondary IP address from the CLI enter the command:
set system interface
You can also configure management access and add a ping server to the secondary
IP address.
set system interface
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set system interface
Adding a ping server to an interface
Add a ping server to an interface if you want the FortiGate unit to confirm connectivity
with the next hop router on the network connected to the interface. Adding a ping
server is required for routing failover. See
“Adding destination-based routes to the
.
To add a ping server to an interface
1
Go to System > Network > Interface.
2
Choose an interface and select Modify
.
3
Set Ping Server to the IP address of the next hop router on the network connected to
the interface.
4
Select the Enable check box.
The FortiGate unit uses dead gateway detection to ping the Ping Server IP address to
make sure that the FortiGate unit can connect to this IP address. To configure dead
gateway detection, see
“Modifying the Dead Gateway Detection settings” on
5
Select OK to save the changes.
initializing
No activity
connecting
The FortiGate unit is attempting to connect to the DHCP server.
connected
The FortiGate unit retrieves an IP address, netmask, and other settings from
the PPPoE server.
failed
The FortiGate unit was unable to retrieve an IP address and other
information from the PPPoE server.