Sophos Central Access Points, What Does the XG do?

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Hi, 
 I moved our WAPs to Sophos Central, assigned SSIDs and their currently working on our UTM. We are replacing the UTM this weekend, and I'm not sure of something: Are the Access Points 100% cloud managed in that Wireless Security does not even need to be on? 
 To add them to our current (UTM) set up I removed them from the gateway and registered them in Central. I know they're different architectures, but on either/both UTM and XG: Does Wireless Security even need to be enabled? I mean, since they're no longer "added" and the gateway just wireless clients aa\s just another LAN client. 
 Thanks, 
 Jeff

Karlos · Accepted Answer

Hi Jeff, 
 Yes that's correct. Once your AP is managed via Sophos Central, there is no need to enable Wireless Security on your firewall. In fact, it should be off as it could conflict. 
 On the firewall is where you would set up the pertinent firewall rules. 
 Cheers,

Sophos Central Access Points, What Does the XG do?

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