FortiGate VM Deployment example – MS Hyper-V
Deployment example – MS Hyper-V Once you have downloaded the FGT_VMxx_HV-v5-build0xxx-FORTINET.out.hyperv.zip file and extracted the package contents to a folder on your Microsoft server, you can...
View ArticleFortiGate VM High Availability Hyper-V configuration
High Availability Hyper-V configuration Promiscuous mode and support for MAC address spoofing is required for FortiGate-VM for Hyper-V to support FortiGate Clustering Protocol (FGCP) high availability...
View ArticleFortiGate VM Deployment example – KVM
Deployment example – KVM Once you have downloaded the FORTINET.out.kvm.zip file and extracted virtual hard drive image file fortios.qcow2, you can create the virtual machine in your KVM environment....
View ArticleFortiGate VM Deployment example – OpenXen
Deployment example – OpenXen Once you have downloaded the FORTINET.out.OpenXen.zip file and extracted virtual hard drive image file fortios.qcow2, you can create the virtual machine in your OpenXen...
View ArticleFortiGate VM Deployment example – Citrix XenServer
Deployment example – Citrix XenServer Once you have downloaded the FORTINET.out.CitrixXen.zip file and extracted the files, you can create the virtual machine in your Citrix Xen environment. The...
View ArticleFortiGate VM Initial Configuration
FortiGate VM Initial Configuration Before you can connect to the FortiGate VM web-based manager you must configure a network interface in the FortiGate VM console. Once an interface with administrative...
View ArticleFortiWIFI and FortiAP Configuration Guide
Introduction Welcome and thank you for selecting Fortinet products for your network protection. This document describes how to configure wireless networks with FortiWiFi, FortiGate, and FortiAP units....
View ArticleFortiWIFI & FortiAP What’s new in FortiOS 5.6
What’s new in FortiOS 5.6 The following section describes new WiFi features added to FortiOS 5.6.0. Captive Portal Authentication with FortiAP in Bridge Mode (408915) The FortiGate can operate as a web...
View ArticleIntroduction to wireless networking
Introduction to wireless networking This chapter introduces some concepts you should understand before working with wireless networks, describes Fortinet’s wireless equipment, and then describes the...
View ArticleCaptive portals
Captive portals A captive portal is a convenient way to authenticate web users on wired or WiFi networks. This section describes: Introduction to Captive portals l Configuring a captive portal l...
View ArticleConfiguring a WiFi LAN
Configuring a WiFi LAN When working with a FortiGate WiFi controller, you can configure your wireless network before you install any access points. If you are working with a standalone FortiWiFi unit,...
View ArticleAbout SSIDs on FortiWiFi units
About SSIDs on FortiWiFi units FortiWiFi units have a default SSID (wireless interface) named wlan. You can modify or delete this SSID as needed. As with external APs, the built-in wireless AP can be...
View ArticleProcess to create a wireless network
Process to create a wireless network To set up your wireless network, you will need to perform the following steps: Make sure the FortiGate wireless controller is configured for your geographic...
View ArticleSetting your geographic location
Setting your geographic location The maximum allowed transmitter power and permitted radio channels for WiFi networks depend on the region in which the network is located. By default, the WiFi...
View ArticleCreating a FortiAP Profile
Creating a FortiAP Profile A FortiAP Profile defines radio settings for a particular platform (FortiAP model). The profile also selects which SSIDs (virtual APs) the APs will carry. FortiAP units...
View ArticleDefining a wireless network interface (SSID)
Defining a wireless network interface (SSID) You begin configuring your wireless network by defining one or more SSIDs to which your users will connect. When you create an SSID, a virtual network...
View ArticleConfiguring DHCP for WiFi clients
Configuring DHCP for WiFi clients Wireless clients need to have IP addresses. If you use RADIUS authentication, each user’s IP address can be stored in the Framed-IP-Address attribute. Otherwise, you...
View ArticleConfiguring wireless security
Configuring security Using the web-based manager, you can configure Captive Portal security or WiFi Protected Access version 2 (WPA2) security modes WPA2-Personal and WPA2-Enterprise. Using the CLI,...
View ArticleFortiAP and Wireless
Limiting the number of clients You might want to prevent overloading of your access point by limiting the number of clients who can associate with it at the same time. Limits can be applied per SSID,...
View ArticleFortinet and Wifi Multicast Enhancement
Multicast enhancement FortiOS can translate multicast traffic into unicast traffic to send to clients, maintaining its own multicast client through IGMP snooping. You can configure this in the CLI:...
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