We are going to assume that you already know how to configure your forgate FortiGate appliance. However for you convenince , for your convenience, here is a summaruy summary of how to set up the IPSec VPN tunnel
- Log in to the Fortinet FortiGate administrative interface.
- Navigate to VPN>VPN Wizard
- Run through the wizard using the summary table below:Button
BeginSection Field/Option Value Tunnel Name Friendly Name Select a Template Remote Access
Authentication MethodUnder Phase 1 InterfaceVPN Tunnel VPN Client Type FortiClient Authentication Method Pre-shared Key Pre-shared Key Set a strong Key User
which you created in the previous stepGroup Select the VPN Users group which you created to use with DualShield
RadiusDNS Server Your internal DNS or 8.8.8.8 Remote Endpoint Client Address Range Range of IP addresses that will be
Assigned to the client upon connectionLocal FortiGate Incoming Interface Assign the port that the VPN Client will be
connecting to (e.g. port2)
Local Interface This is the port you can access Fortgate UI
on (e.g. port1)