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FortiGate Managed FortiAP Administrative Access & Static IP

April 7, 2020 ggleason Comments 0 Comment

By default direct management for FortiGate managed FortiAP’s is disabled. You need to enable this if you want to set a static IP address. Enabling AP Management Navigate to WiFi & Switch Controller –> FortiAP Profiles Edit the profile your AP’s are assigned too First the password! Before enabling direct management, set a reasonable password. AP Login Password: Set Enter the password you want to use for the APs and click OK Next set the protocols you wan to allow…

FortiGate Managed Access Point Tunnel Mode v5.4

October 5, 2017 ggleason Comments 0 Comment

This example will use a FortiGate firewall to manage FortiAP access points. We’ll create what’s called a tunnel-mode wireless network, which means the wireless clients will be on a different network then the wired clients. The FortiGate firewall will also provide DHCP services to both wired and wireless clients. Creating the wireless network Pick an interface that will have the AP connected to it, this can be on the local FortiGate or a local FortiGate port that’s connected to a…

FortiGate Managed Access Point Bridge Mode v5.4

October 4, 2017 ggleason Comments 0 Comment

This example will use a FortiGate firewall to manage FortiAP access points. We’ll create what’s called a bridge-mode wireless network, which means the wireless clients will be on the same network as the wired clients. The FortiGate firewall will also provide DHCP services to both wired and wireless clients. I’ll assume you already have an outbound policy created to allow traffic from inside your network out to the Internet. Because in this example the wired and wireless traffic will be…

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