New firmware Jan/2016 ?

I just got off a call (literally just hung up) with our Partner rep and the next release is on track for March according to them.

That's just amazing to me, They released a product not ready for prime time and the update has now been pushed from Jan to March. What next?

No kidding. There are major things that should have been included before GA of this release, I think they were way to fast to get it out the door. I do like the product and I'm using here at home but there's no way as a business I could recommend an XG product in it's current state. We're sticking with the UTM for now.

Yup, They where trigger happy with getting this out the door for sure. Sophos does not think so but they did. Like you I am using it at home but would never think about installing this in its current state for a business. Even if we forget about the major things that should be included even the simple things are not included like being able to click on a device that has a dynamic IP and have it add the device to the static DHCP list and automatically create a 'IP Host' for that device. Right now this is a completely manual process, What BS.

I bought XG in Dec for my business and starting to have regrets. UTM seems a lot more stable and reliable to me. I am pulling what little hair I have out trying to get the thing working like I want (and thought I would get based on UTM). I am pretty comfortable with doing install even though I am not an expert network guy. However, logging is useless. None of the country stuff is built-in any more. It is a simpler interface, but nothing seems all that natural. And it does not seem to work the way the manuals say it does. For an improved navigation experience, I am constantly trying to figure out where stuff is. See - I am getting frustrated.

Does anyone know if downgrade works to go back to UTM9?

GaryChancellor said:

Does anyone know if downgrade works to go back to UTM9?

License of firmware downgrade ?

I am not sure about the license (contact your reseller). Firmware can only be reinstalled from the scratch, if you bought XG hardware appliance it should not be a problem (it is actually an SG device).

I would like to know this too.

I want to downgrade my XG firmware and license back to UTM9. XG is not ready for production and I cannot inflict this on my customers.

This thread has been open since early Jan and yet no response from Sophos - nice service.

Correction to my post above.... I was informed a few days ago that if the appliance and license was ordered for XG, BIOS will not allow you to install UTM9 anymore.

SG -> XG possible.
XG -> SG not possible.

At least give us hanging on by a thread a list of new and fixed features. The countdown has started.