How to access sophos XG firewall with its name instead of IP address

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Hello, 
 how to give a name (ex: mysophos.fw) to sophos XG firewall and use that name to access firewall from WAN instead of using WAN IP x.x.x.x:4444 ? 
 regards 
 Anand

Ryan Partington · Answer

I've probably misunderstood, but it seems you're getting confused between internal and external DNS and their functions. 
 To answer your original question, you probably need to create a record with public DNS host, for whatever TLD you want the firewall to be a subdomain of. 
 In terms of changing the hostname of the firewall, I honestly don't think you should be playing about with the firewall and it's config if you're struggling to figure this out, sorry. 
 Like I said, I've probably misunderstood something here.

Wayne Folta · Answer

Admin access from the WAN is dangerous. More secure would be to use Sophos Central, if that's an option for you. 
 To access from the WAN -- say for VPN access -- you'll need a DNS entry. If you don't have a dedicated IP, for example your IP address is provided by your ISP via DHCP, you can use DDNS. You can get a domain name from someplace like Google DDNS for $10 a year (or more for a "cooler" domain name), and then use the DDNS service of the firewall to keep the DNS entry updated every 5 minutes.

How to access sophos XG firewall with its name instead of IP address

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