Release Notes & News

Overview The following bugs have been resolved in MR version 1.1.1424. Bug fixes Issue Key    Summary WIFIX-3231 Walled Garden cannot be enabled from Central Wireless. WIFIX-3215 No error message is provided in Central when a voucher is set...

Publish Date: August 17, 2023 About Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi 6 is the latest generation of Wireless LAN and includes enhanced throughput-per-area and lower latency which particularly benefits high-density wireless environments. Security enhancements include WP...

You may have noticed some UI changes for Wireless in Sophos Central, and we wanted to provide a short summary of the recent changes we’ve implemented. Summary of the Sophos Central Wireless UI changes: Field validation for SSID creation. Centr...

A Partner News post has just been published with further information about the AP6 Series. Check it out here: https://partnernews.sophos.com/en-us/2023/07/products/pre-release-information-on-ap6-series-wi-fi-6-6e-access-points/ More news about...

Overview The following bug has been resolved in the MR v2.3.4-5 release. Bug fixes Issue Key          Summary CWIFI-12931-      The APX320 experiences intermittent behavior where the ethernet Rx gets into a stu...

Overview The product team is pleased to announce the maintenance firmware update for Sophos APX firmware version 11.0.021 with important security, hardening enhancements, and reliability fixes. Bug Fixes NAF-244- The APX320 experiences intermittent b...

Overview The following bugs have been resolved in the MR v2.3.4-4 release. Bug fixes: Issue Key         Summary   CWIFI-13039    The APX Access Point goes offline after a kernel OOPs. CWIFI-13024&nb...

Overview Sophos Wireless APX is getting upgraded for better performance. These changes require firmware updates if used with Sophos UTM or Sophos XG / XGS Firewall.  There is no impact on features, capabilities, or other functionality of the acc...

Due to the ongoing supply chain situation and general Wi-Fi component availability, we have decided to extend the end-of-life (EOL) date for the following AP Series models: AP 15/15C AP 55/55C AP 100/100C/100X The new EOL date is December 31, 2023,...

JUNE 27, 2022 - PLEASE NOTE: THE EOL DATE FOR THE AP SERIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO DEC 31, 2023. Read more. To answer the many questions we've received about our wireless roadmap, we've just published first information on our Partner News Blo...

Overview  Starting in April, all new APX Series access points which are shipped from Sophos warehouses will have an under-the-hood hardware upgrade. For these access points to be registered with either Sophos UTM (SG Series) or Sophos ...

Hi Community!  The  AP firmware 11.0.018 has been released for Sophos Firewall OS (SFOS). This pattern update has a fix for APX 120 update issue which was discovered during AP Firmware 11.0.017 release. News: Maintenance ReleaseBugfixe...

Hi Community!   The  AP firmware 11.0.017 has been released for Sophos Firewall OS (SFOS). This pattern update has a fix for the recently discovered Wi-Fi vulnerabilities AKA FragAttacks in legacy Access Points.  In addition to the patch, t...

The global pandemic has forced organizations to rethink their approach to connectivity, access, and IT management. With more solutions moving to the cloud, and workforces becoming more distributed, the need for flexible, remote management and scalabl...

Overview  The Anatel certification for the Sophos APX 320X outdoor model is now complete and Sophos Wireless v2.3.2 brings the support for this model to operate in Brazil.  Bug fixes   Issue Key Summary CWIFI-12378   ...

Overview  Sophos Wireless v2.3.1-7 is a maintenance release that fixes an internally found issue seen on some APX 320X models only.  Bug Fixes Issue Key Summary CWIFI-12434 APX320X: AP fails to boot from backup partition when the prima...

Overview  Sophos Wireless v2.3.1-5 brings support for the new APX 320X outdoor access point plus a few bug fixes to improve your overall Wi-Fi experience. APX 320X Outdoor Access Point The new APX 320X outdoor access point will start ship...

[Update - 7/08/2020]

All Central regions have been updated with the AP firmware 2.3.0-7 to resolve the issue that caused APX 120 devices to become unresponsive and non-functional. New APX 120s can now be registered. Previously registered APX 120s can now also be upgraded to the latest firmware.

Customers with unresponsive APX 120 access points should contact support for further assistance.

KBA 135669 has been updated.

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Overview

Sophos Wireless v2.2.1-2 introduces a number of enhancements to improve the hotspot functionality. You can now customize the session time for each device which connects to a hotspot using social login and also configure the maximum device connection limit for voucher-based hotspots. Additionally, there are few bug fixes which will enhance the overall user experience.

New Feature/Enhancement :

1. Social Login with…

Overview 

Version 2.2.0-19 is an AP firmware release which provides the support on the access point for some upcoming new features. 

Please note:The following new features will not be visible in the user interface until the Sophos Central update has been released. This is currently scheduled for December 2019.

• Social login as an authentication type for captive portals
• Captive portal customization options

New Feature…

Overview

The v2.1.3-2 release brings a number of bug fixes which help to deliver an overall better Wi-Fi experience.

Bug Fixes

Issue Key

Summary

CWIFI-10091

Few client disconnections are observed when Rogue AP is enabled

CWIFI-10655

Auth DOS Attack: Kernel crash observed on APX320

CWIFI-10522

Legacy AP models AP100/55 does not support more than 120 clients per radio

CWIFI-9412

CVE-2018-14526…

Overview 

The v2.1.2-1 release brings a few bug fixes to deliver a better Wi-Fi experience overall. 

Bug Fixes :

Issue Key

Summary

CWIFI-9906

APX eth0 physical mac address changed to virtual mac.

CWIFI-9750

Hostapd is not getting restarted when it gets killed

CWIFI-9740

Tx/Rx Workload Calculation Is Showing Wrong Value

CWIFI-9689

Packet Capture Fails when we have a Guest + NAT SSID

Known…

Overview

The v2.1.1-2 release brings a number of feature enhancements and bugfixes to deliver a better Wi-Fi experience overall.

New features/Enhancements :

1. Workload :

 Now more information on the workload can be seen under Access Points. New information includes the following and can be visible in the UI as shown in PIC-1

• CPU USAGE
• MEMORY USAGE
• TX/SEC
• RX/SEC

 

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Sophos Wireless Update 2.1 (Staged release) 

The release v2.1.0-3 brings more visibility to the wireless network with new features such as debugging, accounting, and supportability. It also addresses false alerts and improves wireless client scalability for the Sophos APX Series. 

New features

1. Wireless Diagnostics :  Added to the main navigation, which adds the following features:

• Event logging and reports
• Collecting logs…

Release v2.0.0-12 brings some of the key stability, connectivity and  vulnerability fixes to Central Wireless Access Point

 (Staged release will start from September 27th - Multiple regions)

 Issues fixed in v2.0.0-12

Issue Key Description CWIFI-9449 5GHz SSID not broadcasting  in APX320 when mesh in enabled CWIFI-9288 Nest Camera unable to re-associate CWIFI-9411 DFS channels list for AU country code should be available…