Adding a FortiAuthenticator unit to your network

Before setting up the FortiAuthenticator unit, there are some requirements for your network:

To setup FortiAuthenticator on your network:
  1. Log in to the GUI with the username admin and no password.
  2. Go to System > Network > DNS. Enter your internal network primary and secondary name server IP addresses. This is essential for successful FSSO operation. See DNS
  3. Go to System > Network > Static Routing and create a default route (IP/Mask 0.0.0.0/0) to your network gateway on the interface that connects to the gateway. See Static routing.
  4. Go to System > Dashboard > Status.
  5. In the System Information widget select Change in the System Time field, then select your time zone from the list.
  6. Either enable the NTP, or manually enter the date and time. See Configuring the system time, time zone, and date.

    7. Enter a new time and date by either typing it manually, selecting Today or Now, or select the calendar or clock icons for a more visual method of setting the date and time.

    If you will be using FortiToken devices, Fortinet strongly recommends using NTP. FortiToken Time based authentication tokens are dependent on an accurate system clock.
  7. Select OK.
  8. If the FortiAuthenticator is connected to additional subnets, configure additional FortiAuthenticator interfaces as required. See Interfaces.
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