The front panel, left side

1. RESET button. Press this button (a pencil or other thin device is needed) to reset the firewall.

2. FD button. Press this button (a pencil or other thin device is needed) during boot to make the firewall erase the current password and enter wait mode. In this mode, it waits for a reconfiguration made by a magic ping or the installation program (see chapter 3, Installing Ingate Firewall). Before one of these is performed, no traffic will be let through the firewall.

   The firewall logs when the FD button is pressed according to the Logclass for administration and configuration set on the Logging Configuration page under Logging.

   The button must be pressed during the part of the boot sequence when all LEDs in the front line has been lit, and then two and two go out from outside to the middle. The firewall will blink alternatively with every other LED to indicate that the FD button was pressed.

   This is how to perform a magic ping:

   • Find out the MAC address of the firewall (printed on the back of the firewall).

   • Add a static entry in your local ARP table (see chapter 3, Installing Ingate Firewall) consisting of the firewall's MAC address and the IP address it should have on eth0.

   • Ping this IP address to give the firewall its new IP address. You should receive a ping reply if the address distribution was successful.

   This will not set any password. Set a password immediately via the installation program or the web user interface. When the IP address is set, the existing configuration will be applied and the firewall start working again.

3. Product name. Here, the product name is shown.

4. Activity LEDs. The horizontal LED row indicate firewall activity. A walking light indicates that the firewall is working. Other firewall states are indicated thus:

   • A slow walking light.

     The firewall is the standby unit in a failover team.

   • All LEDs are dark.

     Indicates one of the following states:

     • The firewall boots.

     • The firewall warns about a minor error which affects the network traffic.

     • The firewall warns about a major error, e.g. a hardware error.

     If the firewall indicates an error, you will find an error message when you log on the configuration interface. At the top of each administration web page there will be a link to a page where you find an explanation of the error.

   • LED light walk to the middle.

     The firewall waits for configuration through the installation program or magic ping. See also chapter 3, Installing Ingate Firewall.

   • All LEDs are lit, and then go out two and two from outside to the middle.

     The firewall checks (during boot) if the FD button is pressed.

   • Every other LED is lit alternating with the other half of the LEDs.

     The firewall detected a pressed FD button during boot.

   • The six middle LEDs are lit.

     The firewall applies a new configuration.

5. Traffic indicators. There are four LEDs named Eth0 to Eth3. They indicate incoming network traffic on the interfaces 0 - 3.

6. ALERT. The red ALERT LED indicates that something prevents the firewall from working correctly. Firewall states are indicated thus:

   • The LED is continuously lit.

     Indicates one of the following states:

     • The firewall boots.

     • The firewall checks (during boot) if the FD button is pressed.

     • The firewall warns about a minor error which affects the network traffic.

   • The LED blinks.

     The firewall warns about a major error, e.g. a hardware error.

   • The LED blinks slowly.

     The firewall is the standby unit in a failover team.

   If the firewall indicates an error, you will find an error message when you log on the configuration interface. At the top of each administration web page there will be a link to a page where you find an explanation of the error.