FortiGate-400 Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2.50 MR2
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Network configuration
Go to System > Network to make any of the following changes to the FortiGate
network settings:
• Configuring zones
• Configuring interfaces
• Configuring VLANs
• Configuring routing
• Providing DHCP services to your internal network
Configuring zones
In NAT/Route mode, you can use zones to group related interfaces or VLAN
subinterfaces. Grouping interfaces and subinterfaces into zones simplifies policy
creation. For example, if you have two interfaces connected to the Internet, you can
add both of these interfaces to the same zone. Then you can configure policies for
connections to and from this zone, rather than to and from each interface.
You can add new zones. You can also rename and edit any zone. Finally, you can
delete zones when they appear in the zone list with a Delete icon.
A new zone will not appear in the policy grid until you add a firewall address for it. See
“Adding addresses” on page 179.
This section describes:
• Adding zones
• Adding interfaces to a zone
• Adding VLAN subinterfaces to a zone
• Renaming zones
• Deleting zones
Adding zones
Using the web-based manager:
1 Go to System > Network > Zone.
2 Select New to add a zone.
