Use Home License on New Sophos XGS 107?

A question for you, don't all Sophos firewalls come with a basic licence installed, you might power it on and check?

Ian

Hi dma0,

Thank you for reaching out to Sophos Community.

I'd agree with rfcat. Also, kindly see below for the Licensing reference guide.

Sophos Firewall: Licensing guide

Thank you very much Ian and Erick. I was not aware that the appliance includes a perpetual base license. That's great.

However, based on a review of the licensing guide provided by Erick, it seems that the base license has a couple of things missing as compared to a home license - specifically e-mail and web server protection, both of which seem to require separate subscriptions (and which I currently use in my existing setup). Would that be correct? Are there any other modules that are included with the home license that are not included with the base license? 

Hi dma0,

You may check the following for the type of License.

https://doc.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/18.5/help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/AdministratorHelp/Administration/Licensing/index.html

Hello dma0 

this is from a new installed (yesterday) Home license:

Hi dma0,

That is correct, however, if you use the home license. the performance will be restricted to the Sophos Home limitations

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

Also, please note that Sophos Home is intended only for private, personal, and non-commercial use.

https://support.home.sophos.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005457983-General-FAQ#h_2baf4ef9-0eb8-4852-9d52-5a294d50d20f

Thank you very much Thomas.

Thanks very much Erick. Yes, I understand the restrictions with the home license as I've been using the home version for many years now.

And just to be clear, this is most definitely for private, personal and non-commercial use. My existing box and the new appliance are and will remain installed at my home.

Any guidance you might be able to offer in relation to my original questions above would be most appreciated - i.e.  if it's possible to activate the appliance using my existing home license serial number and/or if it's better to use my existing home license serial number (which will still be running while I set up the new appliance) or instead apply for additional home license serial number and use that instead.

Hi dma0,

The home license will work on Sophos Appliance. The easiest way is to replace the HDD or wipe the disc.

or you may try the following 

community.sophos.com/.../install-xg-home-on-xg-appliance---how-to

A firewall license is attached to the serial number; you can't have two firewalls running simultaneously.

I would recommend doing a backup, restoring it on the new appliance, and applying for a new home license. The previous device might serve as a backup device.

Thanks very much Erick. Was hoping to avoid the HDD replacement/wipe. Oh well. Will give it a shot. Thanks again.