Sophos Firewall: v18.5 MR2: Feedback and experiences

Installed and seems to be working correctly. I will do a deeper investigation after all things have settled.

ian

Installed and all our workstation Heartbeats are missing (after rebooting workstations).

Quite an issue as heartbeats are required for all workstation connectivity. Had to physically connect to the XG to put a temporary access rule in.

Seems to be faster, less having to refresh pages to get all inserts.

No improvements to IPv6.

Ian

Added:- still have the heartbeat service failure.

Probably a bit harsh with the no improvements in IPv6, seeing there is a fix listed.

The FQDN tab still does not recognise IPv6 addresses, so when will this be fixed?

Ian

I think I may have solved this. Details are in a similar issue I had before when I had to re-register an XG in Sophos Central - https://community.sophos.com/sophos-xg-firewall/f/discussions/130861/how-does-heartbeat-work

For future reference and so I can anticipate this in advance, is it normal for new certificates to be generated for a firmware update, or is this specific to this firmware update?

This should not be the case and is not expected to break after the firmware update. Could you create a support case to get the sorted out? 

Also have the heartbeat error. 

I also get the following message under --> System --> Sophos Central.

Security Heartbeat is not available due to licenses. Check your licenses. Please contact your Sophos partner to update your Sophos Central or Sophos Firewall licenses.

The license is okay, though. Re-registering the XG in Central did not help either.

Is anyone having scaling issues at the "NAT rules" tab or It's just an issue on my end? Example:

Currently on Edge 96.0.1054.34, Scaling 125%. (Zoom 100%.)

Thanks!

This is a known UI issue for NAT rule. Source, Services and Destination aren't aligned on the NAT rule list when there are multiple objects in the matching criteria of the rule. NC-82054

I hope these are just typos:

It is indeed just a typo.