Document Outline

• Contents
• Introduction
  • Register your FortiGate unit
  • About the FortiGate-224B
  • About this document
    • Document conventions
    • Typographic conventions
  • Further Reading
    • Fortinet Knowledge Center
    • Comments on Fortinet technical documentation
  • Customer service and technical support
• Installing
  • Environmental specifications
  • Cautions and warnings
    • Grounding
    • Rack mount instructions
    • Mounting
  • Plugging in the FortiGate
    • Connecting to the network
  • Turning off the FortiGate unit
• Configuring
  • NAT vs. Transparent mode
    • NAT mode
    • Transparent mode
  • Connecting to the FortiGate unit
    • Connecting to the web-based manager
    • Connecting to the CLI
  • Configuring NAT mode
    • Using the web-based manager
      • Configure the interfaces
      • Configure a DNS server
      • Adding a default route and gateway
      • Adding firewall policies
    • Using the CLI
      • Configure the interfaces
      • Configure a DNS server
      • Adding a default route and gateway
      • Adding firewall policies
  • Configuring Transparent mode
    • Using the web-based manager
      • Switching to Transparent mode
      • Configure a DNS server
      • Adding firewall policies
    • Using the CLI
      • Switching to Transparent mode
      • Configure a DNS server
      • Adding firewall policies
  • Verify the configuration
  • Backing up the configuration
  • Restoring a configuration
  • Additional configuration
    • Set the time and date
    • Set the Administrator password
    • Configure FortiGuard
      • Updating antivirus and IPS signatures
• Advanced configuration
  • Protection profiles
  • Firewall policies
    • Configuring firewall policies
  • Antivirus options
  • AntiSpam options
  • Web filtering
  • Logging
• FortiGate Firmware
  • Downloading firmware
  • Using the web-based manager
    • Upgrading the firmware
    • Reverting to a previous version
    • Backup and Restore from a USB key
    • Using the USB Auto-Install
  • Using the CLI
    • Reverting to a previous version
  • Installing firmware from a system reboot using the CLI
    • Restoring the previous configuration
    • Backup and Restore from a USB key
    • Using the USB Auto-Install
    • Additional CLI Commands for a USB key
  • Testing new firmware before installing
• Index