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

  • Created Vlan/dhcp but no internet

    I have created a new vlan and dhcp on the XGS, configured the vlan on unifi wifi/switches, I am getting ip however I cannot get internet access. I don't want the vlan to access other vlans however I want computers inside the vlan to communicate with…
  • NAT Port Forwarding not working on XGS210 SFOS 20.0.2 MR-2-Build378

    This was working a month or so ago, but the vendor has just now tried it again and it isn't working. The error is Violation Local_ACL.
  • New LAN port not getting ip address from DHCP

    Hello. I want to use 1 of the excess LAN ports on the firewall to give out ip address of 192.168.88.x to the pc connected to it. Currently, my firewall gives out ip address in the 192.168.1.x range. I first selected the port, assigned it to the LAN…
  • Block Countries List change... Europe and Europe Continent

    We use a block countries rule to control from where our user can connect to the VPN. We noticed two new entrys in the list this morning "Europe" and "Europe Continent" When we take either of them out regardless that Germany is allowed, is Germany…
  • Netherlands not in country options

    Hey All, I was wondering has anyone else noticed Netherlands isnt in the country blocking list for Sophos XG ?
  • new Sophos XGS - Webclients are unable to reach URLs but DNS works

    Hi all, we moved from LANcom to Sophos XGS SFOS 20.0.2. Fine so far. We migrated last night. Now it comes more and more, that some webclients are unable reach some URLs. Every clients are able to resolve every DNS name. But when putting that DNS…
  • DNS Names do not resolve for Clients in Reports - only IPs are shown

    Hey Folks, while deploying one XGS after another we noticed that Client-IPs in reports e.g. aren't resolved into DNS Names like on our SG/UTM Models. We created a DNS request route: 168.192.in-addr.arpa and domain.local pointing to the internal Windows…
  • Question regarding Sophos and VMware

    Hello everybody, Hello, I'll explain my case, I have a Sophos XG 106. I have one connected to my LAN pin I virtualized a Windows 11 PC with VMWare Workstation, can I make my virtualized PC benefit from the DHCP that I put on the Lan pin of my Sophos…
  • DNAT VPN SDWAN

    Hi guys, I'm trying to create a DNAT rule that uses the ISP from Firewall A for a host that is on Firewall B. The communication between these firewalls is done via SDWAN VPN When testing the NAT, I identified in the packet capture that the traffic is…
  • DNS request route

    Hi, I added some domain names to IP mapping under DNS request route to resolve DNS queries for those domains. The subnets behind these domains are connected through IPsec and are reachable but except one, all other domains are not getting resolved.…
  • Deauthenticate an IP address from DHCP leased

    Hey Dears, I have a Sophos firewall version 19, I want to ask if i can deauthenticate an Ip shown in DHCP leased list to force it to obtain new Ip or disconnect it immediately? Thanks
  • Open ports

    Had a colleague port scan my WAN port after replacing my dead XG230 with a new XG230. I show all these open ports: I did not have this issue with previous fw (my previous config would not load, sadly). What am I missing? Thanks ahead of time…
  • NAT Port Forwarding not working on XGS2300 (SFOS 20.0.1 MR-1-Build342)

    My Sophos FW XGS2300 port forwording not working for a new port in the past 7days ago, the older port forwording still work normal. Please help me how to check and troubleshoot about this problem. My NAT and rule as pic below. Many thanks for support…
  • IPv6 PD and v20.0.2 MR-2

    Hi folks, a couple of days ago my network was downgraded/upgraded from 1000/50 to 250/100, all very good. The IP4 address is now static assigned by the RSP DHCP servers. After a number attempts for over an hour and logging a fault with the RSP, investigation…
  • Maximum number of IP aliases per interface?

    Hi, Is there a limit to the number of IP aliases per interface?
  • SAP system not accessible after deploying SOPHOS firewall

    Good day We have deployed a Sophos firewall on a network, there was a cisco router and we have replaced the cisco router. After deploying the firewall the SAP system is not accessible on the local area network .. We have a SAP server in the LAN…
  • Need help with routing LAN to WAN

    Do you have an article to help better understand routing on Sophos Firewall? I want my LAN to communicate with my WAN.
  • Unable to use the static IP in Sophos bridge mode

    Hello everyone, I’ve included my home network diagram and Sophos configuration below. After setting up Sophos Home (on ESXi) in bridge mode with VLANs, I assigned a static IP address of 192.168.11.10 to the bridge port. However, this IP address cannot…
  • Couldn't delete user. A firewall rule, VPN connection, web policy rule, or SSL/TLS inspection rule exists for this user.

    Our company own a sophos firewall xgs ( XGS3300), I try to delete user from 'Authentication' page but it failed, i able to disable the user account, but unable delete the user account. but some account i able to delete. i appreciate if there is…
  • UTM DNS > Global > Allowed Networks -- how to reproduce in SFOS?

    I am working on migrating functionality from UTM to SFOS on XGS3300 hardware. This organization subscribes to this DNS filtering service: https://www.cisecurity.org/ms-isac/services/mdbr In the UTM, it was easy to bottleneck DNS queries so they are…
  • Firewall default IPS policies

    I found https://community.sophos.com/sophos-xg-firewall/f/discussions/110856/default-ips-policies/397166?focus=true, didn't help. Sophos pre-packages some IPS policies by default. Without having to go through each of them with a fine toothed comb, is…
  • Assistance Required: Binding Static IP to Local IP Address

    static IP 203.122.47.42 on port 84 is showing as closed. We need to bind this static IP to the local IP address 10.0.1.134 . Please assist with this at your earliest convenience. Thank you.
  • How to get Firewall Rule ID from XML export file

    When creating an XML export of FirewallRule via Backup & Firmware -> Import export what is missing in in the XML is the Rule ID. How to get this ID? Or can this be retrieved via API request? greetings, August
  • IPv6 Gateway constantly failing

    I need some help to understand why this firewalls IPv6 gateway is constantly reported as failed. It's XGS126 with SFOS 20.0.1 Because of that Gateway errors I reconfigured it from being an active gateway to a backup failover gateway only. I have…
  • FIREWALL RULE OVER VPN (WAN-VPN)

    Does anyone here encounter no access on yahoo even on whitelist? All site is accessible expect for yahoo sites. Anyways I'm doing VPN-WAN rule from XGS107 (SFOS 18.5.2 MR-2-Build380) to XG230 (SFOS 18.5.2 MR-2-Build380).