Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Guide

Configuring interfaces System Network
FortiGate Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide
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Configuring an interface for PPPoE
If you configure the interface to use PPPoE, the FortiGate unit automatically broadcasts a
PPPoErequest.
FortiGate units support many PPPoE RFC features (RFC 2516) including unnumbered
IPs, initial discovery timeout and PPPoE Active Discovery Terminate (PADT).
To configure an interface for PPPoE
1 Go to System > Network > Interface.
2 Select Create New or select the Edit icon of an existing interface.
3 In the Addressing mode section, select PPPoE.
Figure 77: Interface PPPoE settings
Status Displays PPPoE status messages as the FortiGate unit connects to the
PPPoE server and gets addressing information. Select Status to refresh the
addressing mode status message.
Only displayed if you selected Edit.
Status can be one of the following 4 messages.
initializing No activity.
connecting The interface is attempting to connect to the PPPoE server.
connected The interface retrieves an IP address, netmask, and other settings from the
PPPoE server.
When the status is connected, PPPoE connection information is displayed.
failed The interface was unable to retrieve an IP address and other information from
the PPPoE server.
Reconnect Select to reconnect to the PPPoE server.
Only displayed if Status is connected.
User Name The PPPoE account user name.
Password The PPPoE account password.
Unnumbered IP Specify the IP address for the interface. If your ISP has assigned you a block
of IP addresses, use one of them. Otherwise, this IP address can be the
same as the IP address of another interface or can be any IP address.
Initial Disc Timeout Enter Initial discovery timeout. Enter the time to wait before starting to retry a
PPPoE discovery.
Initial PADT timeout Enter Initial PPPoE Active Discovery Terminate (PADT) timeout in seconds.
Use this timeout to shut down the PPPoE session if it is idle for this number of
seconds. PADT must be supported by your ISP. Set initial PADT timeout to 0
to disable.

Fortinet FortiGate Series Specifications

General

Brand	Fortinet
Model	FortiGate Series
Category	Firewall
Language	English