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Connecting the fortigate unit to your networks, Fortigate-50a – Fortinet FortiGate 50A User Manual

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NAT/Route mode installation

Connecting the FortiGate unit to your networks

FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide

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Optionally, set the secondary DNS server IP addresses. Enter
set system dns secondary
Example
set system dns secondary 293.44.75.22

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Set the default route to the Default Gateway IP address (not required for DHCP and
PPPoE).
set system route number dst 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 gw1

Example
set system route number 0 dst 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 gw1 204.23.1.2

Figure 5: FortiGate-50A network connections

Connecting the FortiGate unit to your networks

When you have completed the initial configuration, you can connect the FortiGate unit
between your internal network and the Internet.

There are two 10/100 BaseTX connectors on the FortiGate-50A:

• Internal for connecting to your internal network,
• External for connecting to the Internet.

Internet

Internal

External

FortiGate-50A

Internal Network

Hub, Switch

or Router

Management

Computer

Public Switch
or Router

INTERNAL

EXTERNAL

LINK 100

LINK 100

PWR

STATUS

A