Important note about SSL VPN compatibility for 20.0 MR1 with EoL SFOS versions and UTM9 OS. Learn more in the release notes.

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First time user looking to switch from another product due to it being sold and stripped

midnightSun

Sophos Firewall is NOT very intuitive so far. Nothing inbound works...but the default rules to let everything outbound does. So figured id ask the community.

I've reverted to the simplest test I can think of....Port forward ICMP from WAN to a LAN workstation..

First turned on ICMP on the WAN adapter to make sure it was listening from outside. It was so I turned ICMP off.

Second made sure the Firewall can reach the workstation using its LAN connection, it can 

Created the Rule,

WAN, Any,  to  LAN, workstation 172.16.16.17  with the predefined PING

.Nothing. System isn't logging it. Just nothing. Cant forward anything.

At this point I cant test the system because it doesn't even port forward. Lots of time wasted trying to figure out why this easy test is so hard.   Thanks  



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    I'm guessing its happing right on install. The installer sucks. First thing that should happen after the console login is you should get to define the adapters as its a new install. On firewalls I mark the outside of the cards with abbreviated MAC addresses so I know what connection is plugged into what. They don't even show the MAC. The console Network Config / Interface config is now only showing Port1, Port2 . This older test system has an intel card with DUAL RJ45 Port2 Port3  plus the built in card Port1. So of course now that i'm 80 miles away using my KVM to reset to factory defaults the SFOS is using the wrong ports and only shows Port1 and Port2. Nothing is plugged into Port1. Gurrrr   I'm sure many of you use this system with great success but my initial reactions aren't positive.

     

    echo "           __     __         __         __     __    _______               ";
echo ".--------.|__|.--|  |.-----.|__|.-----.|  |--.|  |_ |     __|.--.--..-----.";
echo "|        ||  ||  _  ||     ||  ||  _  ||     ||   _||__     ||  |  ||     |";
echo "|__|__|__||__||_____||__|__||__||___  ||__|__||____||_______||_____||__|__|";
echo "                                |_____|                                    ";

    ~~~ I miss Port 17. Remember using telnet to get the Quote of the Day? Maybe I'll set one up for all the port scanners.  ~~~ 

  • 0 in reply to midnightSun

    You can move to the advanced Shell (Option 5 + Option 3) and then use the linux to check whatever you need. Like use ifconfig Port1   to find the MAC Address. 

    Keep in Mind: SFOS behave the same if virtually or physically installed. So the installer for hardware as well as software is the same. 

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  • 0 in reply to midnightSun

    You can move to the advanced Shell (Option 5 + Option 3) and then use the linux to check whatever you need. Like use ifconfig Port1   to find the MAC Address. 

    Keep in Mind: SFOS behave the same if virtually or physically installed. So the installer for hardware as well as software is the same. 

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  • 0 in reply to LuCar Toni

    Good to know. I also found show network macaddr port# .

    echo "           __     __         __         __     __    _______               ";
echo ".--------.|__|.--|  |.-----.|__|.-----.|  |--.|  |_ |     __|.--.--..-----.";
echo "|        ||  ||  _  ||     ||  ||  _  ||     ||   _||__     ||  |  ||     |";
echo "|__|__|__||__||_____||__|__||__||___  ||__|__||____||_______||_____||__|__|";
echo "                                |_____|                                    ";

    ~~~ I miss Port 17. Remember using telnet to get the Quote of the Day? Maybe I'll set one up for all the port scanners.  ~~~ 

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