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UTM Home License Question

Jason Gleim

Hi community,

 

I've been a happy user of the UTM Home Edition since circa 2013. It has been bullet-proof and has given me the confidence to recommend the hardware to several organizations now. The problem I'm running into is the 50 IP limit in the free home edition. I'm in a modern household... I've got 6 XBoxes, a desktop, 2 laptops, a NAS, three access points, a Wifi Controller, Smart Home Hub, WiFi smart switches, Alexa devices, and the list goes on. Without any extra devices or guests I'm consuming 45 IPs and getting warnings daily from the firewall. If we have friends over and they connect to my guest WiFi, I'm running up against the 50 IP limit which is blocking Internet access to devices. I haven't even added the 7 security cameras to the house yet that I had planned to install this summer!

What are my options? 50 IPs is too small for a household in 2019 but I'm not going to spend hundreds of dollars a year on a FullGuard subscription for my house. I really don't want to rip Sophos out and put in something else but I'm not going to have a choice unless there is another option.

 

Any suggestions?

Jason



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  • 0 in reply to FloSupport

    Thank you. I'm marking that as the answer.

    While providing helpful information and some workarounds, the core issue still remains and that is that 50 IPs is not very practical for a home network in the 21st century. The home license is very generous and I'm glad to have it. I can also say it has driven the sales of several commercial solutions as well so Sophos has gotten their money's worth with my home license. But, the limit doesn't reflect the reality of life right now and I hope that Sophos Product Development will take a look at this sometime and consider either raising it or maybe providing a paid, premium home license that would expand that allowance.

  • 0 in reply to Jason Gleim

    Do not forget, we updated he Licensing Model to another approach on the XG platform. 

    https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition.aspx

    • Home Edition is limited to 4 cores and 6 GB of RAM. The computer can have more than this, but XG Firewall Home Edition will not be able to utilize it.
     
     
    Maybe give XG Home a try. 

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