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End-of-Life AP Series Indoor Access Points

SergioB

I have received a notification of End-of-Life Support. I'm worried about this paragraph. 

 

31-MARCH-2023

The affected AP models will no longer work in Sophos Central, XG Firewall (SFOS) or in SG UTM

 

So that means the hardware will be un-usable? 

 

Best regards.



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  • 0

    Hi  

    Yes, those listed AP hardwares will not work with Sophos Central, XG Firewall and Sophos UTM. It will in-short, become unusable.

    Regards

    Jaydeep

  • 0 in reply to Jaydeep

    Hi Jaydeep,

    oomph that is rigorous.

    Because they are based on OpenWrt (OpenSource), do Sophos offer the source-code of the AP-system anywhere?

    BusyBox v1.23.2 (2019-11-18 09:44:34 UTC) built-in shell (ash)

      _______                     ________        __
     |       |.-----.-----.-----.|  |  |  |.----.|  |_
     |   -   ||  _  |  -__|     ||  |  |  ||   _||   _|
     |_______||   __|_____|__|__||________||__|  |____|
              |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
     -----------------------------------------------------
     CHAOS CALMER (Bleeding Edge, unknown)
     -----------------------------------------------------
      * 1 1/2 oz Gin            Shake with a glassful
      * 1/4 oz Triple Sec       of broken ice and pour
      * 3/4 oz Lime Juice       unstrained into a goblet.
      * 1 1/2 oz Orange Juice
      * 1 tsp. Grenadine Syrup
     -----------------------------------------------------
    root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/devinfo 
    DEVICE_TYPE=AP55
    FIRMWARE_VERSION=9500-wifi-0c67c7fe-...
    QCA_VERSION=c3496dd

    bye Josef

    BERGMANN engineering & consulting GmbH, Wien/Austria

  • 0 in reply to JosefBergmann

    Hi  

    If you know your way around playing with the firmware of an AP, you can still use it. But Sophos does not provide the source-code of the AP firmware.

    Regards

    Jaydeep

  • 0 in reply to JosefBergmann 
    I don't like that either. Why? The AP's are / were expensive and are well embedded in UTM 9.7. Now I'm private and I still have some Bintec Statefull Inspection ROuters with built-in WLAN antenna. I just tested it. You simply integrate the Bintec router (e.g. Bintec / Funkwerk R232bw or R232aw) into the internal LAN of the UTM (EThernetport's) and use the WLAN antenna to bridge the Bintec. Bintec passes this on to UTM. Finished! Greetings from Germany, Rainer

    with friendly regards
    Rainer

  • 0 in reply to Jaydeep

    For any questions regarding the AP Series End-of-Sale announcement, please refer to this communication

    https://partnernews.sophos.com/en-us/2020/02/products/lifecycle-announcement-end-of-sale-ap-series-indoor-access-points/ 

    Alternatively, please reach out to your local Sophos contact or partner.

  • 0 in reply to BarbaraH

    Release the firmware for the AP-series as OpenSource!

    bye Josef

    BERGMANN engineering & consulting GmbH, Wien/Austria

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