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Adding addresses – Fortinet FortiGate 50A User Manual

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Firewall configuration

Addresses

FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide

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This section describes:

Adding addresses

Editing addresses

Deleting addresses

Organizing addresses into address groups

Adding addresses

To add an address

1

Go to Firewall > Address.

2

Select the interface that you want to add the address to.

3

Select New to add a new address.

4

Enter an Address Name to identify the address.
The name can contain numbers (0-9), uppercase and lowercase letters (A-Z, a-z), and
the special characters - and _. Spaces and other special characters are not allowed.

5

Enter the IP Address.
The IP address can be:
• The IP address of a single computer (for example, 192.45.46.45).
• The IP address of a subnetwork (for example, 192.168.1.0 for a class C subnet).
• 0.0.0.0 to represent all possible IP addresses

6

Enter the Netmask.
The netmask corresponds to the type of address that you are adding. For example:
• The netmask for the IP address of a single computer should be 255.255.255.255.
• The netmask for a class A subnet should be 255.0.0.0.
• The netmask for a class B subnet should be 255.255.0.0.
• The netmask for a class C subnet should be 255.255.255.0.
• The netmask for all addresses should be 0.0.0.0

7

Select OK to add the address.

Figure 7: Adding an internal address

Note: To add an address to represent any address on a network set the IP Address to 0.0.0.0
and the Netmask to 0.0.0.0