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Sophos Firewall Home

Sophos Firewall Home is a free, non-commercial Software version of Sophos Firewall for Home, Laboratory, and educational use. It has the same features as Sophos Firewall Appliances.

Consolidation of answers to frequently asked questions in the community.

Note: As a Home user can't create a ticket to support, kindly use the Sophos community for your queries. 

Limitations

Home Edition is limited to the following

  • 4 cores
  • 6GB RAM

Anything more than the above won’t be utilized.

  • No Built-in WIFI Access Point
  • For Sophos Firewall devices, the Inbuilt wireless function isn’t supported by the home user license
  • Does not support UEFI Bios
  • No Support from the Sophos Technical Team

www.sophos.com/.../sophos-xg-firewall-home-edition

Compliance

To download Sophos Firewall Home, complete a short compliance form (including your first name, last name, and email address).

To expedite the compliance process, which is typically completed instantly, provide accurate information and avoid obfuscating your IP address.

If the issue persists, please contact our customer care team only via our hotline so they can assist you with compliance.

Note: Sophos Support and Sophos Home Support won't be able to assist you with the compliance.

Central Management

  • Home users can only store seven days of Report Data and can’t import/Export

Hardware Requirements

  • Intel Compatible Computer with Dual NIC
  • Quad-Core
  • 6GB of Ram
  • 120 GB of Disk
  • Minimum of two (2) NICs for LAN & WAN and not intel i219 /i225 series NICs
  • Bios Set to Legacy bios (CSM)

Links & Guides

Where to Download

Creating a bootable

Installation Guide

Sophos Firewall: Best practices

SFP Compatibility List

Available interface speed

  • 10 Mbps - Full duplex
  • 10 Mbps - Half duplex
  • 100 Mbps - Full duplex
  • 100 Mbps - Half duplex
  • 1000 Mbps - Full duplex
  • 1000 Mbps - Half duplex

Backup Compatibility 

Queries & Known Issues

Installation

Can I install my License

For 3rd-Party Hardware

  • Yes, you can install a Home or Business license
  • Any Version

For Sophos Firewall hardware(SG & XG) but NOT "XGS"

  • Yes, however, you must either replace or reformat the disk.
  • Any Version

ISO difference

  • HW - Dedicated hardware for Firewall models
  • SW - Any platform such as simulators, hyper V, Virtual box, VMWare, and so on

Note: For XGS hardware, this won’t install/run/work, even with replacing the SSD

Can I install v19.5 & V20 Firmware

  • Yes, you can install any version

Management

Can’t access GUI

  • Check NIC Port Assignment for LAN & WAN (randomize)

Can I connect an access point controller

  • Yes, but it’ll need to be set up as LAN Zone and not Wireless

License/Registration/Central

Can I transfer my Sophos Home License 

  • Unfortunately, no. As a workaround, kindly get a new Serial number and restore/backup.

How can I change the Device Registration Details?

  • For Sophos Firewall Home users, it isn’t possible to change.

Can I manage my Sophos Firewall Home in Sophos Central?

  • Yes, It is manageable in Central

Can I change from Free to Business and vice versa?

  • No, You can't change from Business to Home or vice versa. You have to reinstall the firewall. 

Do I need to claim/register my Sophos Firewall Home in Sophos Central using the serial number?

  • No, you don’t need to claim/register this serial number for Sophos Central. 

Can I register my Firewall Home to Sophos Central

  • Yes, Register using the Firewall directly to Sophos Central.

Is the trial version equivalent to Sophos Firewall Home?

  • No, If you start a Trial in the installation process, this will start a Sophos SFOS Business version.

External Resources




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  • Hello!

    Is it possible to change the Home license to the commercial license without reinstalling the software?

    No, it isn't.

    You need to reinstall Sophos Firewall and use the commercial license, but I believe you can import the backup without any issues.*
    *I may be wrong on this one.


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