Sophos Firewall: Best practice for clientless user and fetch the usage report

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Overview

The purpose of this Recommended Read is to explain how to create a clientless user, the best practices for doing so, and how you can access the clientless user's web/application report.

Step 1: MAC binding in the DHCP server

CONFIGURE > Network > DHCP > Add > Static IP MAC mapping
            

Step 2: Creating a Clientless user

CONFIGURE > Authentication > Clientless users
                   
          

Step 3: IP host/IP host group

SYSTEM> Hosts and services > IP Host > Add
                                    

#IP host group

Step 4: Firewall rule

PROTECT > Rules and policies > Firewall rules > Add
                  
            
 

Step 5: Sophos Central Configuration for reporting

SYSTEM > Sophos Central       
                  

Step 6: Usage – Web/Bandwidth

Login to central.sophos.com/cloud.sophos.com > Firewall Management > Report Generator             

Note - We'll filter out the clientless user for reference. See the screenshots below:

                 
   




I hope you have found this helpful in understanding and achieving your requirements.

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Added TAG
[edited by: Erick Jan at 3:46 AM (GMT -7) on 28 Oct 2024]