Today I will explain to you how to log in to the Fortinet firewall first time & device registration, license activations & firmware upgrades on the Forti cloud portal.
Below are the targets to explain, you can jump to the required one.
- · Default management IP & How to login
- · Check the default FortiOS version
- · Register New FortiGate on the portal (Forti cloud)
- · Download & upload recommended version & license file
- · Setup configuration to connect with the internet
- · Management IP configurations
After installation & power up the FortiGate firewall first login through the management port, default management IP is 192.168.1.99
Connect the LAN UTP cable on the firewall MGMT port & your laptop then assign the above subnet IP to the laptop ethernet adapter i-e 192.168.1.100
Screenshot of FortiGate MGMT port
Connect LAN UTP Cable on MGMT port of firewall & other on Laptop LAN port
Below link for the complete reading
www.readteknology.com/2023/07/fortigate-registration-license-firmware.html
