FortiGate Installation and Configuration Guide

Transparent mode installation Transparent mode configuration examples

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Figure 8: Static route to an external destination

General configuration steps

1 Set the FortiGate unit to operate in Transparent mode.

2 Configure the Management IP address and Netmask of the FortiGate unit.

3 Configure the static route to the FortiResponse server.

4 Configure the default route to the external network.

Note: This is an example configuration only. To configure a static route, you require a

destination IP address.

Management

Computer

Internal Network

DMZ

Internet

Upstream

Router

Gateway IP 192.168.1.2

Management IP 192.168.1.1

FortiResponse

Distribution

Network (FDN)

DNS

24.102.233.5

FortiGate-50A

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

LINK 100 LINK 100

PWR

STATU S