Hello All, I'm using Sophos XG Home as virtual mashine and it is great. Curretly i want to swith form cable ISP to 5g mobile ISP and looking for oprions to keep Sophos XG. It will be great if someone can recomend some mini pc which is capable to…

I want to protect my home network. Sophos firewall on an older pc was recommended, so I am giving it a try. To this point I have not succeeded in getting an installation to boot. Previously, I posted the following: Hey All, I am trying to install…

Att fiber the wan interface is a 5gbe to a 10gbe card on my firewall. However it is not negotiating a 5gbe connection; rather only 1gbe. Anyway to enable 5gbe for this connection? 10gbe is available as a manual selection, but not 5gbe. Using an intel…

I understand you can load XG home edition on a Sophos SG appliance. Is there any specific model recommendation https://showbox.bio/ ?

Hi, I have a SG115rev2 that has been running for a few years. Currently on SFOS 18.5.1 MR-1-Build326. There are 4 ports on my SG115 with port1 connected to my LAN switch and port2 connected to my WAN broadband modem. All works great. I have a spare…

Hallo zusammen, ich habe heute meine UTM Hardware Appliance auf eine XG gebracht. Anscheinend funktioniert die Lizenzierung der Home Variante aber nicht. Was ist hier zu beachten? Habe ich was falsch gemacht?

Hi, i'm very glad to join the sophos community. I've just buy a mini pc in order to install Sophos XG Firewall Home Edition I followed th prerequisities of intel processor and ship (and the limitation induced) After install the image on the disk…

Hi, can someone confirm if the Home Edition still has the 50 IP address limitation? Other limitations are clearly stated like "Home Edition is limited to 4 cores and 6 GB of RAM. The computer can have more than this, but Sophos Firewall Home Edition will…

Hi all, I still struggle with going from 18.5.2 to 19.0 on my XGS116 as there are too many issues but I tested v19 as VMware appliance. In my test scenario I used SSL VPN and checked up and down speeds from the remote client. According to the first…

Hello. I am looking for hardware for Sophos XG Firewall Home Edition. Of course I want to use it in a home environment. I am thinking of: PICO PC with Intel® Core i5-8265U ( Link #1 ). Or a cheaper version: PICO PC with Intel® Core i3-8145U ( Link #2…

I've recently gotten an XG 115 rev.2 off eBay and have tried to install the XG Home version software on it (SW-19.0.0_GA-317.iso), but cannot get it to work. I've tried all of the following and cannot get it to work: - The ubuntu method here ( https…

Hi, I have the opportunity to get an old SG115 for half the price of a qotom box. Still both are in my price range. How do they compare perf wise to run Sophos XG Home with all features enabled ? I run a small homelab at home, with two wifi AP …

Version: Sophos Firmware Version SFOS 18.5.3 MR-3-Build408 Device: Qotom Mini PC Q190G4U-S02 Intel Celeron J1900 Processor, Quad core 2.0 GHz, 8GB RAM 128GB SSD WiFi, Fanless Mini PC 4 LAN Issue: After installing system doesnt reboot after pressing…

Hello All, Does anyone know if I need to use an Intel AES-NI CPU to run ssl decryption? I am new to the home XG firewall. Thank you for your time and information.

Having issues installing Sophos XG Home on https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09PHMS7WH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 created a USB using balenaEtcher using SW-19.0.0_GA-317 also tried SW-18.0.5_MR-5-586.iso when booting…

hello, I would like to know if it is possible to install Sophos Firewall OS on a routerboard? Thank you very much in advance

Hey everyone, i have cyberoam cr25ing device. I want to used this device. So i want to install sophos home version in it. I installed v18.5 home edition but it shows error due to insufficient ram. Device has 2gb ram. I need lower versions but…

Hi, everyone. I recentlty installed Sophos XG Home (SFOS 18.5.3 MR-3-Build408) on a Dell Optiplex 7020 (Core i7 4790 @ 3.6 GHz 4C/8T with 8 GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz). I'm using the built-in NIC as the LAN port and a PCIe x1 Gigabit card as the WAN port. I…

Hello everyone, I am trying to replace my current firewall at home because I am beyond angry. Is it true that the home firewall OS has essentially all features? SSL decryption, Application control, zero-day exploit protection? It should pass the…

I have an old Optiplex that I'm going to use to install the Sophos home firewall and just looking for some tips. Any basic things I should know before getting started? Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone. I just bought a Nexcom DNA120 (I understand that it is hardware similar to the UTM SG115) and I am trying to install version 18.5.3. At the end of the installation, it enters failsafe mode, and tells me that it does not detect network…

Good evening, Looking at a hardware refresh, but looking to achieve something low powered. I'm currently using a PondDesk based unit with a E3845 on Untangle (watching Arista's aquasition), but looking to return to Sophos XG that I previously had running…

This is a simple question, but I couldn't find an answer. To run Sophos XG Firewall, the hardware requires 2 NICs. My hardware has 1 NIC, so can I simply insert an external network adapter (USB) as a second NIC? Logically speaking this should work, but…

Hi Community leaders, I installed Sophos XG SFOS 18.2, I have issue with the network speed. After enabling DOS and IPS my internet speed drops to 4-5mbps, by disabling it speed is back to 200mbps. Would like to seek experts advise and suggestion…

Hi everyone. I have wanted to try out Sophos XG for a while now. The only thing that has stopped me is that I was worried that I wouldn't be able to sustain my Verizon FiOS Gigabit Down/UP connection with the hardware limitations in the Sophos XG home…