Connecting the FortiExtender unit
1. If you are using the provided PoE injector:
a. Plug the provided Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port of the FortiExtender and insert the other end of the Ethernet cable into the AP/Bridge port on the injector, then plug the injector into an electrical outlet.
b. Connect the LAN port of the PoE injector to a FortiGate, FortiWifi, or FortiSwitch device.
2. If you are not using the PoE injector:
a. Insert the other end of the Ethernet cable into a PoE LAN port on an appropriate FortiGate, FortiWifi or FortiSwitch device.
For more information on connecting the FortiExtender unit, see the QuickStart Guide.
Once connected, your FortiGate appliance can automatically detect, connect with, and control the FortiExtender and modem via a CAPWAP tunnel.To do this, FortiExtender and FortiGate must be on the same Layer 2/3 subnet (or have DHCP relay between) and FortiGate must respond to FortiExtender’s request. In this example FortiExtender is connected to the lan interface of the FortiGate unit.
By default, FortiExtender is hidden and disabled.Enable it in FortiGate’s CLI:
config system global
set fortiextender enable
set wireless-cotnroller enable
end
The control and provisioning of Wireless Access Point (CAPWAP) service must be enabled on the port to which the FortiExtender unit is connected (lan interface in this example) using the following CLI commands:
config system interface
edit lan
set allowaccess capwap
end
Once enabled, it appears as a virtual WAN interface in the FortiGate, such as fext-wan1.