Connecting to the PRI gateway

After physically installing the PRI gateway and connecting its Ethernet and PRI ports, review the following table and perform the procedure that applies to your scenario to connect to the web-based manager of the FortiVoice Gateway.

Scenario	Procedure
You are connecting to the device for the first time.	Perform the steps in Connecting to the web-based manager of the FortiVoice Gateway.
You have reset the device configuration to its default state.	Perform the steps in Connecting to the web-based manager of the FortiVoice Gateway.
You are a returning user who has completed the basic configuration of the device.	Access the web-based manager using the IP address, administrative access protocol, administrator account, and password that you have already configured, instead of the default settings. Start a web browser and enter the URL: https://<IP_address>/admin Where <IP_address> is the IP address of the PRI gateway that you want to connect to. If the PRI gateway configuration is using a non-default HTTPS port, then add :<port_number> after the IP address. For example: https://<IP_address>:446/admin. Enter the name and password associated with your account. Click Login. You have completed this procedure. Go to Configuring administrator and system settings to make sure that you configure the required settings.

Connecting to the web-based manager of the FortiVoice Gateway

To connect to the web-based manager of the FortiVoice Gateway using its default settings, you must have the following hardware and software:

• A computer with an RJ-45 Ethernet network port
• One of the recommended web browsers:
  • Google Chrome version 108
  • Microsoft Edge version 108
  • Mozilla Firefox Standard Release version 107
  • Apple Safari version 16
• An Ethernet cable

Procedure steps

1. On your management computer, configure the Ethernet port with the static IP address 192.168.1.2 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
2. Using the Ethernet cable, connect the Ethernet port of the management computer to port1 of the PRI gateway.
3. Start your browser and enter the default URL https://192.168.1.99/admin.
4. To support HTTPS authentication, the PRI gateway ships with a self-signed security certificate, which it presents to users whenever they initiate an HTTPS connection to the PRI gateway. When you connect, your browser may display two security warnings related to this certificate:
   • The certificate is not automatically trusted because it is self-signed, rather than being signed by a valid certificate authority (CA). Self-signed certificates cannot be verified with a proper CA, and therefore might be fraudulent. You must manually indicate whether or not to trust the certificate.
   • The certificate may belong to another website. The common name (CN) field in the certificate, which usually contains the host name of the website, does not exactly match the URL you requested. This could indicate a server identity theft, but could also simply indicate that the certificate contains a domain name while you have entered an IP address. You must manually indicate whether this mismatch is expected or not.

   Both warnings are normal for the default certificate.

5. Verify and accept the certificate, either permanently (the web browser will not display the self-signing warning again) or temporarily. You cannot log in until you accept the certificate. For details on accepting the certificate, see the documentation for your web browser.
6. In Name, enter admin.
7. Leave the Password field empty. In its default state, there is no password for this account.
8. Click Login.

With a successful login, the web-based manager appears.

9. Set the password for this account:
   1. In the right corner of the web-based manager, click admin.
   2. Click Change Password.

      Enter an administrator password that is six characters or more. For better security, enter a longer password with a complex combination of characters and numbers, and change the password regularly. Failure to provide a strong password could compromise the security of your FortiVoice PRI gateway.

   3. Enter a password in New password and Confirm password.

      The password can contain any character except spaces.

   4. Click OK.

You have completed this procedure.

10. Go to Configuring administrator and system settings.