Migrate FortiGate 60D to FortiWiFi 60E
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Migration steps
Warning: only works smoothly for hardware models with identical network interface names
Connect to new FWF60E (FortiWiFi)
- Connect laptop via WiFi to new FWF60E (ForiWiFi) and via LAN to Internet; (without Intnet your browser might not allow WiFi connection to FWF self signed certificate)
- SSID=fortinet, key=fortinet
- URL: https://192.168.1.99 (user=admin, pwd=empty)
Upgrade Firmware of FWF60E to same version as FG60D (in this case 5.4.2)
- Download firwmare image from Fortinet --> URL: https://support.fortinet.com/ (register first)
- Use WebGUI of FWF to upload image
Migrate configuraton
- Use GUI to backup config of old FG60D (without password/encryption)
- Use GUI to "backup" factory config of new FWF60E (without password/encryption)
- Replace first line of FG60D config with first line of FWF60E config
- Restore modified config to FWF60E
- Reboot FWF60E again after restore to regain connectivity
Activate FWF60E
- register with Fortinet
- support contract
- FortiGuard subscriptions (AntiVirus, IPS, WebFilter, ...)