sophos on mini pc

Hi,

you need 2 NICs, not intel i219 or i225/226 series. About 100gb of disk. The processor will be okay, though getting quite old. The BIOS will need to run in legacy mode.

Ian

thanks so much! i will have to search, read, try and ask again!!

The processor you said is quite old but should work fine on a home network. If you can It will be good good to upgrade to 8GB of RAM, (Only 6GB will be usable)

Is the main purpose for installing Sophos Firewall to block Ads? Or you're going to use all It's security functions?

About the Ads part, the default Advertisement category does block a lot of stuff, but if you want to use custom AdBlock lists you will have to import them manually to the Firewall.

my main goal is to block ads. from all devices! (I know i have to search a lot!) security is a benefit too!
I have to search for a pc doing the job at first! but as i understood, ads will be past when i finally do it!

It won't be a fix all for blocking ads, so expect to be disappointed in that area. You are way better off using ad-blocking at the client machine unfortunately.

uBlock does a great job.   ABP used to be my go-to, but they even allow some ads through their blocking extension even after you say no it the allow. 

I am one to believe that ad blocking should be part of a firewall, and you can make some of it work in UTM or XG, but it won't get everything.

ffs, I'm sick of ads. I just want to block them from everywhere on my network. even if I have to use firewall, apps, blockers, whatever it takes. (I can't use the app on all devices, like my non-android smart TV)

Yeah I use a combination of both client and firewall.  Setting up the firewall is of course lengthy.  Client is just an extension install, heh.

I'd still love to filter Youtube ads personally, but they've embedded them smarter than what the firewall can filter.  Client-side extensions do work well though.

Ads make it so you don't even want to be looking online for anything anymore.  They're just another bloatware item that is being abused both by companies and malicious actors.

Hi Amodin,

it is not just youtube that embeds the ads which frustrating, some get blocked and others don't. Though they are blocked if you click on the embedded ads. Then there are the sites that are classified as business that are really just ads, you need to setup specific policies for them.

My attitude  is I block everything until I find a site that doesn't work then investigate what is required to allow access to it.

Ian

nice idea. ads are EVERYWHERE. not just YT. EVERYWHERE. and i m really sick. don't care if i have to buy a licence for adguard, sophos or anything. but i want to block every ad on my network.

You need to get Pi-Hole up and running!

I just tried this out today, I have it installed on my Proxmox server.  It is specifically designed for this, and it's great. 

Blocking ads is a great idea, but not all sites are happy with that idea and start blocking users because their home security device blocks ads. My wife has two forums which started backing users because of ads. There must have been a rebellion because the ads are still blocked and my wife can access the sites.

Ian

Blocking ads is a great idea, but not all sites are happy with that idea and start blocking users because their home security device blocks ads. My wife has two forums which started backing users because of ads. There must have been a rebellion because the ads are still blocked and my wife can access the sites.

Ian