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Bringing an APX 120 to life and am an absolute beginner in the technical side of connectivty field. I own an XGS 107 firewall.

michael sim1

The following questions arise when bringing the APX to life.

Does the Device need a Heartbeat licence when installing via Sophos Central?

Does it need any other licence other than the heartbeat I mentioned other than those included in the default licence pack when purchased initially (WiFi licences or other)?

I'll get to SSIDs and other specifics once I've succeeded in activating the APX 120.

But does APX 120 need to go through the XGS 107 firewall or my network provider? In my idea, it seems logical seeing the APX needs the same network name to reach the Sophos Central address and go through my network provider's box to provide bandwidth. yep, I'm an absolute beginner.

Thank you for your assistance.

Michael



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    In general: It does not matter in the long run. Both products (SFOS/XGS and Central) do not require a license. So it is up to you, which product you want to use for management. I prefer Central Wireless. 

    But an APX can be only managed by one product and the first product in the chain of communication will pick up the access point. Therefore you have to disable Wireless protection on the Firewall (SFOS) to get it running in Central. 

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    In general: It does not matter in the long run. Both products (SFOS/XGS and Central) do not require a license. So it is up to you, which product you want to use for management. I prefer Central Wireless. 

    But an APX can be only managed by one product and the first product in the chain of communication will pick up the access point. Therefore you have to disable Wireless protection on the Firewall (SFOS) to get it running in Central. 

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  • 0 in reply to LuCar Toni

    +1. I was skeptical of running the AP from the cloud, but it is nice and adds a couple of additional capabilities over what the XGS can configure. It also looks like future improvements will take place there and XGS control over APs will be second-class.

  • 0 in reply to LuCar Toni

    Thanks for your support, dear Wayne, you're not the first to recommend Sophos Central over the Sophos local machine, and it makes sense.

    Kind Regards, Michael.

    Michael Sim
    CISA, CISM, CRISC, retired
    Luxembourg
    Cell: +352 661 744 569
    Fixe:  (+352) 2674 3265
  • 0 in reply to LuCar Toni

    Dear, oh dear, this ain't working out. Tried q reset by using a pin-clip, then checked my router, found the Sophos APX 120, went online and deactivated the XGS107 local wireless application. Then, on Sophos Central and used the install wireless registration app by entering the S/N  to ape 120's registration number, multiple times, to no avail. Now I can't replace the S/N number as there's an issue between a Q or a C... and an error message occurred which I didn't manage to catch

    Michael Sim
    CISA, CISM, CRISC, retired
    Luxembourg
    Cell: +352 661 744 569
    Fixe:  (+352) 2674 3265
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