I have a 500MB connection. I connected to my Sophos XG installed on an old Intel computer with three NICs. When I test internet speed, it is reduced to half the bandwidth. the XG is on default settings so I don't have any specific firewalls or anything…

had this box in testing for months about 6 connected to my paid for sophos cloud, and my 2 other machines running full fat sophos intercept-x. first few builds on versions of 17.5 and early 18.* it would be stable. now on SFVH (SFOS 18.5.1 MR-1-Build326…

can I use a small form factor pc and do not need an OS with it? what are the hw specs I would need? thanks

Dear Community, Anynone have an idea regarding Sohos xg firewall software licensing I want to use more than 10 intel based hardware devices which license should I need. Thanks Sibtain khan

Hi all, Seem to have an issue with my Sophos XG home firewall thats become worse following the latest update (SFOS 18.5.2 MR-2-Build380) Its running on a HP SFF desktop PC with 6GB ram, and a 4th gen i7. Using the standard Intel onboard NIC for…

I am trying to configure XG home on a Protectli Vault fw2b device. XG Home software is SFOS 18.0.1 MR-1-Build386. It installed successfully and I was initially able to access it using SSH, but could not access it using the browser to its IP address…

Hi everyone! In order to learn Sophos environment(because I plan to move some of my clients to Sophos XG) i removed pfSense Community version from my Lenovo PC (2 integrated NICs) and installed Sophos XG Home. After a few complications I figured out…

Hello, I’m trying to install sophox xg firewall on my dedicated hardware. The hardware is : ASUS PRIME H510M-A Intel Core i5-11400 Corsair Vengeance LPX 16Go (2x8Go) Samsung 970 EVO Plus Intel E1G44ET PRO/1000 ET QUAD PORT PCI-E SERVER NIC DELL…

Hello, I am trying since yesterday to install Sophos XG on Dell T40 PC. It has 4 core Xeon Processor and 8GB Ram, I've installed extra network card. But no result. After installation it just shows " 18.5 _ 1 32' on the top-left conrner of the balck…

Screwed Intel X710-T4L into 'blank' testbench PC to validate network adapter before installing it in my 'live' Sophos Firewall. Sophos v18 home installation runs smoothly to completion (yea!) and reboots and ... does not see the X710-T4L. Error message…

Hi i have a Virtuall Appliance with Random Crashes, its running on a HP Proliant G9 with VMWare HPE Custom Image 7.0 Update 2 (updates just some weeks beforeu3, waiting for the Next Update Window for U3) does anyone have an idea what i can also check…

I have not been able to find any information anywhere regarding the Intel I225-LM network card and Sophos XG Firewall. Anybody know if this nic is supported? According to Intel specifications, it is a server/enterprise/workstation-use type card, which…

Running Sophos Firewall v18.5.1 on bare metal PC hardware. Preparing to swap 4-port NICs: out with the Intel I350-T4, in with the Intel X710-T4L. My _hope_ is this works as follows: Proper shutdown Remove I350-T4 Install X710-T4L Power on …

We have recently downloaded and installed the following iso https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/downloads/firewall-installers ( Software Installers: Firewall OS Software ISO for Intel Hardware ) Onto to our Dell PC with an intel CPU PC 500GB SSD 16GB…

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…

Hi All, EVen though I have a perfectly running XG running as a VM in VMware, I want to move it to hardware. As a result I purchased an Intel NUC compute element, including a chassis with two NIC's. From a hardware perspective it therefore has the requisite…

Hey All - Currently we're using Untangle's Home product for $50/yr but it flat out ain't cutting it. Application detection is terrible and apparently Sophos does a much better job. Which leads me to two key questions: With a Fiber 1000/1000 connection…

Hello World, I'm looking to setup Sophos XG in a lab of mine. about 30mb internet connection. Would the following appliance work for my lab? Only implementing firewall rules and a Site-to-Site IPsec VPN connection. https://www.amazon.com/Fanless…

Built a new Supermicro E300-12C setup with a i3 and dual 10gbe SPF+ NIC card. Went to boot to USB and it hangs when trying to install immediately. After many hours of searching I have come to the conclusion as many where it does not seems UEFI Bios systems…

Hi all, Maybe this blasphemy but I got my hands on a Cisco ASA 5545-X (8core 12GB RAM) which would be a perfect candidate to install Sophos on. Basically it is still "a server" on which you can install stuff. Yes, I know I can use the ASA as a firewall…

Hello, I use a sophos XG for personal use at home, I use 6 interfaces (3 for the wan and 3 for the lan). I have about 60 guests on my lan (home automation, tablet, smartphone and pc). My XG is on an esxi and I would like a mini pc style physical box…

Hi everyone. I have a couple questions. I currently run pfSense in my home network/homelab. I was thinking of maybe trying out Sophos XG. I have no problem with my pfSense it runs great but when I was checking out Sophos it seemed to be more similar to…

How can I integrate an IDS solution into an infrastructure that has a firewall at the edge (XG210) and an internal firewall (XG310). I understand that SOPHOS has the Discover deployment mode. But we would like to use another solution to collect this information…

Thinking about deploying this as I have an unused Dell Optiplex 9020 Micro Intel Core i5-4590T 2.00GHz that I am looking to use as a donor. Here are the questions I have... (1) Would this machine work for starters. (2) Once the sophos software has…

Hello all, I received my hardware, which I discussed here , for my XG yesterday. First I had the problem that the installation did not go through, but after I set everything to legacy in the BIOS, the installation was without problems. However, I now…