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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

  1. Log in to the Fortinet FortiGate administrative interface.
  2. Navigate to VPN>VPN Wizard
  3. Run through the wizard using the summary table below:

    Button
    SectionField/OptionValue
     Tunnel NameFriendly Name
     Select a TemplateRemote Access
    Begin
    VPN Tunnel


    VPN Client TypeFortiClient
     Authentication MethodPre-shared Key
     Pre-shared KeySet a strong Key

    User
    Authentication MethodUnder Phase 1 Interface
    GroupSelect the VPN Users group which
    which you created in the previous step
    you created to use with DualShield 
    Radius

    DNS ServerYour internal DNS or 8.8.8.8
    Remote Endpoint


    Client Address RangeThe range of IP addresses that will be
    Assigned to the client upon connection
    Local 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)