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Sophos Firewall home edition questions

Hello all,

1.) I've heard some rumors that sophos firewall home edition will be end of life at some point in that not too distant future, is there any truth to this?

2.) Are there any fanless mini multi NIC pcs that have 2.5gbe that the sophos utm firewall supports? I know it's using a Suse Linux 4.x kernel, I'm just wondering there are any systems people would recommend that work without issue. (I was thinking of purchasing, a mini pc with 4x Intel i225V 2.5G but it sounds like the Suse kernel doesn't support this NIC.)

Thanks in advanced for any input!

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rfcat_vk 7 months ago +1 suggested

Hi, the i219, i225 and i226 series NIC are not supported up to at least XG v20. The other item to watch for is the bios, UEFI is not supported in the software version of XG. Ian

0 Erick Jan 7 months ago

Hi Kyle Young,

Thank you for reaching out to Sophos Community.

For the End of Life of Sophos Firewall Home, there’s no news or information regarding this from our internal side.

Erick Jan
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0 rfcat_vk 7 months ago

Hi,

the i219, i225 and i226 series NIC are not supported up to at least XG v20. The other item to watch for is the bios, UEFI is not supported in the software version of XG.

Ian

XG115W - v20.0.2 MR-2 - Home

XG on VM 8 - v21 GA

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0 apijnappels 7 months ago

While i225V is not supported natively, you could install a hypervisor like proxmox onto the hardware and virtualize the firewall. It is exactly what I have done in my home setup too.

Make sure to dedicate one of the 4 nic's for management of the hypervisor with a static IP-address so you can always reach the hypervisor regardless if your firewall is up or not.

There's a lot of mini PC's that would fit your need. If you give the system 16GB of memory you can even create a HA-setup of Sophos where an update of the firewall would give a really short downtime.

Managing several Sophos firewalls both at work and at some home locations, dedicated to continuously improve IT-security and feeling well helping others with their IT-security challenges.
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0 Randy Cleveland 6 months ago

I am using the Kingdel Mini PC and it works really well. It's actually my 2nd one, as the first got struck by lightning.

Bought it on Amazon.

Specs: KINGDEL Mini PC, Fanless Industrial PC, Intel i5 Dual Core CPU, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 2xNICs, 4xUSB 3.0, 4xCOM RS232, HD Port, Metal Case, W-11 Pro
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0 alan weir 6 months ago in reply to Randy Cleveland

The description said "2*NICs Intel 82574L Gigabyte LAN Port"

Strange. Are they both Intel, or are they Realtek? It can't be both.
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0 Randy Cleveland 6 months ago in reply to alan weir

It has built in WiFi that I don't use, but both ethernet ports work, and the performance is really good.
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0 rfcat_vk 6 months ago in reply to Randy Cleveland

Built in wifi is not supported in the software version of XG.

ian

XG115W - v20.0.2 MR-2 - Home

XG on VM 8 - v21 GA

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0 alan weir 6 months ago in reply to Randy Cleveland

Are the LAN NICs Intel, and the wifi is Realtek? Some devices for whatever reason have one LAN port Intel and the other LAN port Realtek.
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0 Randy Cleveland 6 months ago in reply to alan weir

It's two Intel nic ports and a Reltek wifi.
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