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

  • Use Home License on New Sophos XGS 107?

    After more than a decade of faithful service, the generic intel box I was using with the software version of Sophos XG has started failing. I was going to get another similar box, but in reading the various discussions on repurposing old XG/SG appliances…
  • Sophos XG Home edition and Battle.net

    Moved to Sophos XG from a Fortigate, all seems to work OK but the battle.net client. It won't connect. Disbaled SSL inspection, no change. Created a new rule for the PC, disabled all inspection, IPS and the like and put rule at top, issue still remains…
  • Sophos Home license still Full Guard

    Hi, I use two Sophos XG Home as Test Lab, the first firewall was builded in the far 2020 and the second few months ago. The older one has a free Full Guard license and the other has the new free Xstream Protection bundle. I know that there was an…
  • Multiple WAN-Ports / Gateways - Is this Scenario possible? And: Good learning Ressources for "Beginners" (Home)?

    Hello there! I am a Sophos Home License user and after years with the Sophos UTM, I want to try using the "Sophos Firewall" at home now. So the first question is: Can anyone recommend good learning ressources for (private) persons, who used the UTM…
  • XG Home VPN (SSL Vs IPSEC)

    Hi, Apologies for the question, I've returned to using Sophos XG after exploring pfsense further again. With XG Home my understanding is it doesn't leverage to the cypto extensions on CPUs like pfsense, so "potentially" VPN performance might not be…
  • XG Home Edition won't install update

    I'm running home edition XG 19.0.2 MR2 build 472 ontop of Proxmox. I'm struggling to get the latest update (19.5.2 MR2) to install. it's showing as available and i am prompted to install it on loggig in to the admin portal. it's showing as availble…
  • Any way to get the real bandwidth Sophos XG under connections ?

    Got a Sophos XG Home 19.5 as a VM under KVM and somehow it is bothering me that I do not get the real bandwidth under connections. Lets say I make a download with 4 Megabytes /s, under connections it will show me only something like 2000 KBits/ s, no…
  • Testmail and Emailbackup is not working

    Hi Folks, i am testing at home the xg firewall for private use ... i tried to configure the external mail server but no email will be send. can someone help me :-) Thanks Harold
  • SSL VPN connectivity issues

    Hi All, I've had a Sophos XG Home instance running for a long time with no problems and often use the VPN capability with no problems, I use an iPhone with the OpenVPN app to connect, in the past month or so connecting to VPN has been very hit and miss…
  • SD-WAN IPSec xfrm routing/failover issues

    Hi, to get used to and evaluate sd-wan and xfrm-tunnel interfaces for seamless site2site vpn-connections, i setup two demo-sfos appliances (using home-license!). Site A WAN 1 to Site B WAN 1 & 2. Everything seems to be correct as i can RDP…
  • what are the possibilities of xg home firewall with limited hardware [THREAT PROTECTION, TLS INSPECTION]

    what traffic can be handled in version 4 core, 6Gb RAM in relation to IPS/IDS
  • Kernel panics and intermittent loss of internet

    I've been using Sophos XG home for a few years now on various devices. I recently got it running on Proxmox, on a small Celeron N5105 box with 4 cores and 16gb RAM. I backed it up on the old box using Sophos Central and performed a fresh install on…
  • At my wit's end with WAN bottleneck on FW Home

    My friend decided to run FW Home on my recommendation, but he's having trouble and I took the machine home to troubleshoot. Five days later, I still haven't found the issue. SFVH (SFOS 19.5.2 MR-2-Build624) Lenovo ThinkCentre SFF PC Intel Core i3…
  • SNAT rule ignored.

    I have the following system: Sophos XG Home SFVH (SFOS 19.5.2 MR-2-Build624) configured in MTA mode. One mail server Some E-mail Account hosted on Cloud Public Server The problem is that SMTP out mail doesn’t engage Nat rule. See imagebelow…
  • Can't Upgrade (Virtual) Firewall Home from 19.0.0GA

    Falling victim to this: Sophos Known Issues list NC-101780 /var is too small I don't really want to reinstall. Tech article mentions this: 2. Please contact Sophos support to apply the workaround for the affected appliance in v19 GA. Does anyone on this…
  • VM or Dedicated for Sophos Home Edition

    I am seeking professional guidance on choosing between two hardware options: virtual machines or dedicated servers. 1 - Dedicated system: Intel Celeron J4125 Processor - 2.00 GHz, 4 Cores, 4 Threads, 4 MB Cache 8G RAM DDR4 2400 MMHz 4 x Intel i210/i211…
  • Mini PC compatibility with XG Home

    I am interested in obtaining the expertise and opinion of a professional to ensure that the XG Home functions correctly before making a purchase this mini PC. www.aliexpress.com/.../1005005391181355.html Intel Celeron J4125 2.0GHz Quad Cores 8G RAM…
  • esxi performance intel nuc and web filter policies

    Hi, Im new to Sophos XG Home SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 , currently running it on protectli fw4b - speeds are ok - I get my full 500/100 bandwidth but UI is kinda slow. Tried running XG on intel nuc with I3-1115g4 /16gb ram virtualized on esxi8. To my…
  • Sophos XG Firewall Home Use Edition on SG135w

    Hi all, I have recently bought old Sophos and upgraded to SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 for home use , is it possible to install Sophos XG Firewall Home Use Edition license (whcih I have managed to get from Sophos but its giving my different serial number…
  • Sophos XG Firewall New Deployment - No Internet Access

    I have a new deployment for sop[hos xg firewall on a 1ru appliance server. I can't seem to get the internet on the Sophos firewall. effectively I need the firewall to act as local router, issue dhcp on local subnet and be able to block various outbound…
  • Apllication Filter stuck on loading Sophos xg 19

    whenever i open a rule the application filter stuck on loading i restarted it but se ems weired to me.. any fix?\
  • Missing My Profile . How Can I Change to Langugage German ?

    Hello, I am new with XG Sophos XG Home Edition 19.5 I have installed Softwareappliance on an Hyper V Machine. How can I change then Gui Language to German ? If I Click on ADMIN ( Right Corner ) there is no Entry "My Profile"
  • What hypervisor would you use to install Sophos Home?

    There have been a lot of posts in the forum about hardware compatible with Sophos Home and related posts about getting Sophos Home to run on XGS hardware (which is currently not possible). I asked what the future of Sophos Home was here, What is the future…
  • What is the future of Sophos Home License?

    The current software image used for Sophos Home only supports Intel Processors but Sophos has moved to using AMD processors for the XGS models. The older XG models with Intel processors are going EOL in a couple of years. If Sophos are not going to…
  • Filter by User in SD-WAN Routes section

    Feature Request: In the SD-WAN Route Section there is no option to filter by users. There is an option to filter by source but not by user. Overall the filtering for the Routes section needs to be better like the rules and policies section.