• dynamic dns issue

    ChriZathens
    ChriZathens
    Hello guys! Long time UTM user, absolute newbie when it comes to XG..Anyway.. I need one specific thing. I have 3 dynamic dns hostanames. And one internal webserver. e.g. 10.10.10.1 I need to use WAF and redirect first.dyndns.com to 10.10.10.1 …
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  • Sophos XG as DNS server doesn't respond to DNS queries on WAN interface

    Shadow82
    Shadow82
    Hi! I installed Sophos XG VM in my home and I'm testing it and probably will use it for my home net and lab. Sophos runs as a VM on my homelab server. I have 2 ubnets there: 1. 192.168.1.0/24 - called Outside wih FW WAN interface attached to it…
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  • Why XG asks not configured DNS servers?

    Tomas Beran
    Tomas Beran
    Hi, noticed this behavior: - XG configured for 3 DNS servers - on upstream device only those 3 DNS servers are allowed for XG - occasionally XG sends DNS request to many other DNS servers and these are denied by upstream device - issue on 18.5.1 and…
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  • XGS as DNS server: Figured it out

    Wayne Folta
    Wayne Folta
    Couldn't delete the post, so am editing it. I figured out how to add the XGS as the DNS server: in DHCP, uncheck the box to use the DNS settings and set the interface IP as the DNS server.
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  • SSL VPN client groups with different DNS server settings

    Andrew Smith8
    Andrew Smith8
    Is it possible to setup 2 groups for SSL VPN where each group has its own DNS settings? I have 2 AD domains on my LAN and want to have clients for AD1 get the AD1 DNS servers and the AD2 clients get AD2 DNS servers. Thanks.
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  • Sophos XG v17.5 - SSL VPN Single Client Network Route Trouble

    Daniel Berman - Meier Architecture • Engineering
    Daniel Berman - Meier Architecture • Engineering
    System Configuration: 2x XG125s in an HA Pair running SFOS 17.5.15 MR-15. We have two ISP connections feeding separate unmanaged switches which feed Two WAN ports on both units. (ISP->UNMANAGED SWITCH->WAN Port). This enables failover for ISP Failure…
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  • DNS lookup to the XGS through a SSL VPN tunnel

    Wayne Folta
    Wayne Folta
    [EDIT] I misunderstood how DNS queries to addresses like 8.8.8.8 are routed. They do go through the VPN tunnel. My question -- which I can't seem to delete, so I am rewriting -- had to do with wanting to make the XGS be my DNS server, through an SSL…
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  • Can't Ping/reach Client Connect ipsec Client

    Tungmeister
    Tungmeister
    Hi All, I'm currently testing migrating from the SSL VPN client to using The Connect Client with ipsec. I've set everything up and can connect without issue. I'm also able to resolve devices within the lan, ping them, access resources but no matter…
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  • Site-to-Site DNS

    Paul Simcox
    Paul Simcox
    Hello all, I have 2 locations (HO & BO) each behind their own XG Firewall. I have created a Site to Site VPN and everything works via IP but not by DNS. The Setup is as follows: All servers are hosted in the HO. There are no servers in the BO. S…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • facing issue while accessing server using DHCP provided DNS of firewall

    Ahmad
    Ahmad
    hi. i have XG210 (SFOS 17.5.14 MR-14-1). it is also acting as DHCP server and giving ip to clients.in DHCP i configured DNS server of my local server i.e, domain controller. today i start having issue the i m not able to access the server placed in my…
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  • Sophos DNS host entry fail

    djb-sophos
    djb-sophos
    We have a public wildcard DNS record configured (*.domain.com) so if someone puts in asdf.domain.com, it will still go to our main website www.domain.com. On the Sophos firewall, I have set up many DNS host entries in Network --> DNS, with the idea…
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  • 2 DNS, but only use 1 for phonesystem

    TVV
    TVV
    Hi, I have two WANs connected on my Sophos XG SFOS 18.5.1. The DNS is configured with " Obtain DNS from PPPoE". My Problem now is, that my PhoneSystem is using DNS from the Sophos. But it may only use the DNS from WAN2 and not from WAN1. How…
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  • High Memory Usage on XG Virtual - possibly related with dns server

    Halino
    Halino
    Hi, i configured some clients in the network to start using the XG as dns server on saturday mid-day. After this you can see the memory usage ramping up, is possible that there is a memory leak? Fw is on SFVH (SFOS 18.5.1 MR-1-Build326)
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  • Request: Dynamic DNS Custom

    Fermin
    Fermin
    HI, Since myfirewall.co stops working, I would appreciate if you can add the ability to add a custom option. If you cannot add that option, I would appreciate if you can add the entry for my provider joker.com/.../what-is-dynamic-dns-dyndns.html Th…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • DNS Troubleshooting

    Super CM
    Super CM
    I am running the latest XG release and am finding that sometimes DNS resolution is stopping. The Firewall is responsible for DNS requests. The problem tends to go away on its own by just waiting or I can force it by restarting the DNS service. Any suggestions…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Constant DNS lookups to google domains and others in FQDN hosts - FIX

    splarksop
    splarksop
    I found a few similar questions from different people over the years as to why their XG makes constant DNS lookups to huge amounts of domains with none of the posts having a useful answer. Unfortunately all those threads were locked due to age so I've…
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  • Sophos XG - Redirect internal DNS traffic to different WAN interface

    Philipp N.
    Philipp N.
    Hello, I have a XG with two interfaces in WAN zone (because I need a gateway for both) in a data center housing scenario. Let's call the interfaces WAN-int and WAN-ext. WAN-ext has a public IP-address and WAN-int has a private IP-address. …
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  • how to add dns to sophos xgs firewall

    Sophos User1175
    Sophos User1175
    hi all, on the sophos xgs firewall on the diagnostics i can ping 8.8.8.8 but i cant ping google.co.uk under "network > dns" i have added a few dns ips in there but when i go back to diagnostics ping, i type in google.co.uk, ipv4, select my wan interface…
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  • DNS server behind XG firewall NAT

    Youcef Rahmouni
    Youcef Rahmouni
    Hello community, Recently i was asked to migrate an existint configuration from a router to XG firewall and here is the scenario : an application running in my local server with the name : transmission.local.co IP@ is 192.168.62.11 DNS serve r…
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  • Can DNS Spoofing be detected

    Manish Chawda
    Manish Chawda
    Hi, Can DNS Spoofing be detected.
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  • Sophos XG making a significant amount of DNS queries to www.google.com.*

    shred
    shred
    I recently added Pi-hole as the DNS server for Sophos XG itself, and I’ve noticed in my Pi-hole logs that Sophos XG is making a significant amount of DNS queries to various google.x addresses, such as google.de, google.com.pr, google.to, google.com.af…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Sophos xg can't resolve own hostname and internal server

    initB10r
    initB10r
    Hello all, I am currently trying to configure Sophos xg to replace my Fritzbox. From problems with certificates, I have become aware that my DNS resolution for internal hosts and the xg itself is not working. Currently I have only a test client, which…
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    • over 3 years ago
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  • New install XG86w having dns issues

    Matthew Cioffi1
    Matthew Cioffi1
    Wr have a brand new XG86w that we are connecting to Comcast. The comcast modem is in basic bridge mode. The problem is that about every 10 minutes DNS fails. We cannot ping anything from the firewall. I have tried comcast default DNS, Google DNS and OpenDNS…
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  • Block DNS resolution between VLANs

    Pur Ity
    Pur Ity
    I'm looking to use the built-in DHCP and DNS server on the Sophos XG on my "Main VLAN" but I don't want other VLANs to be able to do any nslookups for the host entrys. Today VLAN1 has it's own DHCP and DNS server and the other VLANs uses the Sophos…
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  • DNS dos not resolved

    Pounraj C
    Pounraj C
    we hosted the server on IIS in the internal network and I assigned a domain name like app.example.com but the problem is while trying to access from outside the network using domain name(app.example.com) the website has not loading but while trying…
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