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

  • Web interface slow

    Hi everyone, I am currently using a mini PC, with an Intel Atom D525 1.8 GHz CPU, 4GB RAM, and a 32GB mSATA SSD, and sophos firewall home edition version 20 I am experiencing slow access to the web interface, and I am planning to buy another mini…
  • Management access via IPSec VPN

    I'm using the Home Firewall 20.0. I configured IPSec VPN to access devices in the home. I can access most devices, but not the Sophos firewall itself. Although the VPN shows up as a zone, it does not show up as an interface (a "tunnel" interface, with…
  • Conflicts between Public Wi-Fi IP Address and internal LAN (through VPN)

    Hello, Today I found a case that I've intermittently found in the past, but I decide to bring it up in the forum and try to find a permanent solution. I connected to a public WiFi network with an iPad. The network provided the following through…
  • Sophos Home Virtual Appliance - PCIE Passthrough Best Practices

    I would like to run Sophos Home on either my XCG-NG or Proxmox host. In each of those hosts I have 4 port SFP+ Silicom cards (which are just rebranded X520 cards with two chipsets). I would prefer to pass the whole pcie device into the Sophos Home host…
  • IPSec VPN access

    I'm using the Home Firewall 20.0. I configured IPSec VPN using the Sophos instructional video. I used the default profile. I'm on the road, and trying to connect to devices on my home LAN, via the VPN. Let's call the LAN subnet X.X.X.0/24. The Sophos…
  • Run Sophos Firewall Home Edition on Virtual Machine in Synlogy NAS

    Is it possible to run Sophos Home Edition on virtual machine in a Synlogy NAS? or it much better to run it bare metal on an old Intel based machine? I have a Synloogy NAS running in my home and if thats possible it would be great. Thanks in…
  • Facebook Messenger End to End Encryption not sending messages behind Sophos XG Firewall

    Does anyone experienced the same thing? Messenger app chats with End to End Encryption enabled cannot send messages behind Sophos XG Firewall. There's also a lot of ISAKMP VPN hits in the traffic insights recently. I'm also thinking my XG instance is…
  • 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…
  • Home license on XGS hardware - xstream-processor support

    Hi all, one question regarding hardware-limitations of sophos firewall home. When you use old XGS-hardware - will home-license take advantage of xstream co-processor or will home-license be limited to 4 cores of x86 main-processor only? Thanks in…
  • Cannot claim firewall after rebuild - errors._dynamic_.code.404 from SCMP

    Hi All, I'm stuck trying to re-register my firewall. I rebuilt it onto new hardware and gave it the original serial number (Home edition). I had removed it from my SC account, which was perhaps a mistake, assuming that I'd need to do a fresh registration…
  • Sophos Home to replace Arista Home Pro

    Hello. I'm looking at replacing my current Arista Home Pro with Sophos Home. A couple important features I use are TunnelVPN and Bypass. Can Sophos do a site-to-site vpn to Torguard ? Can you control access through the VPN by rules, ie source address…
  • Home License for a Sophos SG

    Hello, I can get a Sophos SG refurbished for a good price. Is it possible to use a Sophos SG/XG with a Home License or only the new XGS, which is overpowered for my home lab. Is ist also possible to use the Sophos SG / XG in a fiber uplink, carrier…
  • How get the VLAN to use the correct internet line that I want?

    Hello everyone, Today I am trying to deploy a network system running load balancing But I am currently stuck with a problem. That is, I cannot get the VLAN to use the correct internet line that I want. My idea: i want VLAN 50 and VLAN 70 to…
  • New install boot failure - black screen v.20.0.0.222

    Hi, I'm new to the Sophos Firewall, but not firewall products in general. I've been running pfsense/opnsense for years, and thought I might give it a try. I can get it to boot just fine in a Proxmox VM, but on dedicated hardware it seems to be problematic…
  • Does Sophos support Intel i226-V 2.5G?

    I see from searching it, Sophos does not support i225v. But what about i226-V 2.5G ports? Also, I have a home-office, would Sophos Firewall Home (installed on a hardware device) be enough security for my home-office network? I'm the only employee /…
  • Disconnect site when quota timed out

    XG SFVH (SFOS 20.0.0 GA-Build222) I have set up a web policy with quota for gaming. I would like it to disconnect user from site after time is used. The way it works now is the user can continue playing as long as they logged in before the quota time…
  • Block specific search terms in Google/Bing XG Home

    Hi all, I have recently purchased an XG 125 rev3 and installed Sophos home on it. I have been playing with the web filter and have found that it works very well for the most part. However, I have been unsuccessful in blocking specific search terms…
  • Is Sophos Central free for Sophos XG Home users !?

    Hello everyone, I am a Sophos XG Home user, and my XStream Protection bundle license also includes the Central Orchestration feature lasting until 2999 as well. Does this also mean I can register a Sophos Central account for free to evaluate Central…
  • Failed Backup on Sophos Firewall 19.5.3 - Status 500 - Failed to take database dump

    Hi all, first time posting. Generally Sophos Firewall and previously the UTM has been running fine for me. But recently I was trying to upgrade to the 20.0 version of the Sophos Firewall on my Sophos Firewall Home license. Unfortunately the upgrade…
  • Sluggish performance after 15 days up time with SFOS 20.0.0 GA-Build222

    This is the first time I've observed anything like this with the 3+ years I've been a Sophos XG home user. I upgraded to the latest build 222 about 15 days ago, so my run time has been about 15 days. Over the past several days I've noticed some weird…
  • Web Server Protection stopped working

    Hello guys! I have a home server running a few services on port 80 and 2-3 other ports I also have dyndns (3 hostnames) and have been using waf to connect to those 3 services without the need to enter a port in the url (There are also a couple of…
  • Disallow some clients on LAN to use backup gateways

    Hello everyone. I am running Sophos Firewall SFVH (SFOS 19.5.3 MR-3-Build652) I have a primary fiber internet connection and a 4G connection as a backup gateway. This is set to enable when the primary connection fails. I want to disallow Internet…
  • Sophos Home Firewall Edition - How to get it licensed?

    I've used Sophos Home Firewall edition for years and never had a licensing issue, now after the newly upgraded Sophos Central last year i have not been able to get a working Sophos Home Firewall license. The site still says it's free for full protection…
  • Installing Sophos XG v20 Firewall home edition and SETTING up ALL ports as a router

    Hi, I have gone through a fair bit of posts and how-to online, so I decided to post the question here, after 5 days researching this. ---------------------- My setup: Motherboard with 1 built-in 1000mb/s ethernet port, 2x PCI-e cards HP NIC 2 ports…
  • Problem with HOME Edition SFO 20.0.0._GA-222.iso on a SOPHOS SG125 Rev.3

    Hi, I just bought a SG125 Rev.3 and trying to get it running. I followed the steps as recommend in the different threads and created a bootable device using SW-19.5.3_MR-3-652.iso and in the second try SW-20.0.0_GA-222.iso In both variants everything…