I am new to sophos products and wanted to try out the XG firewall home edition. I am currently using a IBM / Lenovo ThinkCentre s50 with 2gb of ram 3 ghz processor and 40gb HDD. I am installing via a CD. When I boot off the CD is says "Starting Firmware…

H, i got Mini PC from gigabyte with intel i5 proccessor and also i purchased external USB 3.0 LAN adapters, but after installing the OS, it not worked because it found only one LAN port and the miniuiam it 2 ports. so the OS is not recognized the USB…

What would be a good processor for the XG Home Edition? I think that I read somewhere that it will use "up to four threads"? Would a core 2 quad (2.4 Ghz) work? Also, do I need an SSD? What would a good size hard drive be? I have FiOS 50/50 with about…

So I've been an UTM/Astaro since v6 (first at work, then also home when the home user license came along). About two weeks ago I decided I wanted to test the new XG Firewall Home Edition, and just reinstalled my UTM server with XG 15.01.0. Here is my…

Hallo, ich habe derzeit für den Privatgebrauch eine Sophos UTM 9 auf einem ASUS Server im Einsatz und würde mir jetzt allerdings gerne eine "Richtige" Sophos Hardware Firewall kaufen. Angesehen habe ich mir die XG-105. Wichtig wäre für mich allerdings…

Does someone know if there are any limitations to home license besides hardware cap and non-business usage ? For example if I can activate more than one devices with my Sophos ID ? I'm asking because my devices is already "in production state" - I mean…

Need help. Wired USB Keyboard Trouble installing Sophos XG Firewall (SF01V_SO01) version 15.01.0.376. Attempting install on Acer Aspire R1600. I had installed UTM9 last night and had the web interface running fine on this machine, so I don't think this…

I'm running the Sophos XG Home Edition. These are the stats with pretty much no traffic running through the box. The hardware it is running on is an 8-core Intel Atom processor with 8gb of RAM. I noticed recently in the dashboard that the performance…

My understanding is that UTM Home Edition can be installed on SG appliances, does the same hold true for XG Firewall Home Edition on XG appliances? I was about to purchase an XG 125W for home use, and thought I better check this first! One additional…

Hello, it seems to be that a home user can use the XG Firewall Home Edition for free, but have to pay for a license if the Sophos cloud in combination with the security heartbeat should be used. Anyway my Sophos cloud account is a trial account and…

I can't get this to work. I followed these instructions, got my e-mail that CLEARLY states that this license is for a Home License, yet after registering it shows that I have a 30 day trial. "To confirm: The Home Use license is found here: www…

Hey, Just ditched my UTM 9 and moved to the XG - it's fantastic. Its really is. I've added a feature request to bring OpenDNS to this appliance. Anyway, I have two issues at the moment. 1) The dashboard tells me the WAN connection is down - but…

I have installed my Sophos XG Firewall Home license some time ago and from the start it seems it has taken a trial version of some kind. Currently it says it will expire 15-12-2015. The only e-mails i have are from Home licenses. Does anybody know how…

Hello, I am very frustrated with this bull crap about this 172.16.16.16. address! I have searched all over the web pertaining to this issue and no solutions have worked for me. I always get the error "Connection timed out". The hardware is a Dell Poweredge…

Hi There, I have a few questions that I was hoping somebody on this forum could help me with... 1. Licensing - besides 4 cores and 6 GB of RAM limitations, is there an IP address limit (like int UTM 9)? 2. I cannot seem to find "Country Blocking…

I have been reviewing my latest build using the SF-OS GA version with a brand new home licence. The issue is the licence is shown as expiring on the 9th of December 2015, why when it was only issued a wek ago? Ian M

With XG in a home environment with humans using multiple devices (desktop, laptop, phone, and/or tablet) I do not see a way of mapping a user to multiple devices. The only solution I can think of as a work around is when I add users to the firewall is…

+ I get this error upon registration. XG Firewall Home Edition on VMWARE Workstation I searched for that article but it doesnt exist at all. Thank you in advance!