We have a customer with Cisco IOS switches, 10Gbit backbone, and move huge data around (CAD/manufacturing files) between VLANs. Most of our technicians cannot manage the Cisco IOS switches, only 3 of us are comfortable in the CLI. We would like to swap…

I just learned a lesson and am sharing my experience, which will hopefully save others time. We had a severe electrical storm in middle of the night. When I got to work, 2 LAN connections (fiber) inbound from ISP down, but 2 ISP Internet connections…

Hello Have a problem with my Sophos CS110-48P not being able to ping the default gateway which is an XGS2100. We only have a switch and a firewall. The switch receives DHCP from the XGS2100. The switch cannot ping anything, neither the internet nor…

I'm editing my post here. I have a Sophos CS110-24 switch I noticed that no devices on my LAN could contact any NTP server to synchronize their time. I found out that it was the DoS prevention setting. When enabled, no devices can synchronize…

First off, I want to say Thank you to Sophos technical support for excellent work! (Bryan L.) This is why we are using Windows for DHCP rather than another solution: In order for Windows DNS to update, for DHCP clients, the windows DHCP server must…

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where to find the recovery image? Recovery file found in Sophos Central > Protect Devices > Switches > Download recovery image This path is not available I have license for switches License Support for CS101-8FP switches Type: Full

need help with VLANs we have XGS2100, APX120 AccessPoints and Sophos Switches All products have latest firmware Configuration for 1 Sophos Switch was no problem, this is current config All configuration is trough Sophos Cloud Central (Firewall, Switch…

Hello everybody, I'm currently trying to find a way to enable some clients to be started via WoL. It appeared to be working, but since we enabled 802.1x to finalize the testing behind the switch, it does not work as it did before. For HP Switches…

Hi I'm wondering if other members of the community can share best practices/tips on how to successfully assign a management VLAN to my switch at the point it is added to Central as I am having a lot of trouble with this, Basically in a nutshell…

Hello people. I was hired to restructure an organization's network using Sophos switch. I accidentally used the switches Sophos central account license in my account instead of the organizations account. will that affect any operations of the switch…

Just trying to figure out how to diable a port on a Sophos switch. I can't click on the port to change it. I do not see an obvious place when logged into the switch as admin to do so either. Any help would be appreciated...

Hi, We're new to Sophos switches and have just started deploying our first units. Am I correct in thinking that the management VLAN can't be changed from VLAN1 to any other VLAN? This seem extremely inflexible. Not every site uses VLAN1. At sites…

Hello Community, we have the problem that the switches somehow interfere with the mulitcast traffic. In this case, the connection via Apple Air-Print does not work. I also have a question: where can I find the official administrator's manual for the…

Hello, we have just purchased the first Sophos switch. Where can we find release notes for the firmware ? Where can I download the firmware manually ? We have not found anything via the license portal under Network Protection --> Firmware Updates. Thx…

We have installed a Sophos Switch (CS110-48) into our DC infrastructure. We have logged into the local interface and configured VLANs in preparation for deployment to the switch. The switch is connected to our central management portal however we…

We want to use one Sophos switch (CS110-24FP) between two Sophos XG 210's for economic reasons. 1. Each XG has its own ISP 2. Each XG does the DHCP, DNS, and Wireless 3. There will be several VLANs configured on XG1 4. There will be several VLANs…

I can not ping custom VLAN 10 or VLAN 20. I can surf to the WEB GUI on VLAN 10 but not ping the IP address on VLAN 10 Default VLAN 1 can be pinged. Cannot find ACLs or ICMP settings for this. Anyone else who has discovered the same problem?

Hi all, Are there any plans to enforce shutdown or dynamic vlan membership change of a port if security heartbeat triggers as yellow/red? Switch password is admin and password default, but what is it when switch is joined to Central? cannot…

I am installing a second XGS at several locations. I want to take a copper connection coming from ISP and plug it into a switch port (1), and then plug in XGS1, and XGS2, into Sophos switch ports (2,3). I want these ports to be separate from other ports…

Hello, I am looking for some advice from other Sophos customers who may have already successfully configured 802.1x on Sophos switches. We are aiming to roll out a full firewall and switch refresh at all of our sites (around 50). Each site will have…

Sophos central provides a great way of maintaining Backups of configurations for XG Devices. EXCELLENT FEATURE. WTH? No backup on central for switches for now. Where is this on development roadmap? In case anyone is interested... Backup and…

I am confused. How is Sophos switch managed from Central? I added some port settings, VLANs, including Voice VLAN settings, but those settings are not available on Sophos Central at all. Did I miss something? For example, on local switch interface…

How to power cycle a PoE port? (1000 series switch) Cannot find the option on Central. Can I do it via local admin page? Thanks UPDATE: Found it in local admin page.

I have a dream machine managing ubiquiti aps, is there a certain port configuration on the Sophos CS210 to allow the ubiquiti ac pro 6 aps to handle ssids with different vlans?