Default route on FortiGate Firewalls
Default route on FortiGate Firewalls
Well now we are going to talk about how to add the default route on FortiGate firewalls. Lets start with the introduction of the FortiGate firewalls followed by the steps to add default route to FortiGate firewalls.
Fortigate Firewalls
With SSL inspection and industry-leading threat protection from Fortinet Network Firewalls, you can view Layer 7 applications.
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Default route to Fortigate Firewall
Fig 1.1- Default Route |
Step 1: To enable your FortiGate to connect to the internet, go to Network > Static Routes and create a new Route.
Fig 1.2 - Default route |
Step 2: Set the destination to a subnet and type an eight-zero IP address. Set the interfaces to the internet-facing interface and the Gateway to the ISP-provided Gateway IP before saving the Route.
So you can easily add the default route to the FortiGate firewalls as per the above procedure.