Tuesday 18 December 2012

How to setup FortiGate to use 3G USB mobile internet modem as the WAN connection


How to setup FortiGate to use 3G USB mobile internet modem as the WAN connection

Requirement:
  • FortiGate 50B device with FortiOS v4.0,build0320,110419 (MR2 Patch 6)
  • Huawei Mobile Connect E169 HSDPA USB stick with a SIM card for a Vodafone Mobile Connect services

Configuration steps:

  • connect the modem in the USB port on the FortiGate device and enable the modem with the following command:
    config system modem
        set status enable
    end
  • Detect the custom vendor and product ID of the USB modem with the following command:
    diagnose sys modem wireless-id
    you should get something like this:
    vendor: 0x12d1, product: 0×1003, registered: yes
    0x12d1 is the vendor ID for the Huawei, and 0×1003 is the product ID for Huawei E169, for Huawei E367a the product ID should be 0×1446 and for Huawei E367b 0×1506
  • Configure your modem interface with the following commands:
    config system modem
        set status enable
        set pin-init "at+cpin=YOUR_SIM_CARD_PIN#"
        set auto-dial enable
        set wireless-custom-vendor-id 0x12d1 (HUAWEI ID)
        set wireless-custom-product-id 0x1003 (E169 ID)
        set phone1 "*99***1#"(VODAFONE NUMBER)
        set extra-init1 "at+cgdcont=1,\"ip\",\"data.vip.hr(YOUR APN)\""
    end
  • Dial the modem with:
    execute modem dial
If you are using the web interface of your FortiGate device, when you enable the modem interface you will get Modem option under System > Network section on the left side menu. You can set up some of the options, like phone or Extra Initialization String there too. Also you can condial or hang-up your 3g connection from there too.
Web interface for modem connection

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