Hi, I purchased a used XG 115 Rev. 2 firewall and installed Sophos Home Edition so I can use it as a perimeter firewall at home. My internet connectivity is FTTH 1 Gbps/300 Mbps. If I connect directly to the ISP router by running a speed test I get 900…

Hi, I have Sophos home deployed in our network, with AD groups synced-in from AD server for user-based internet access. For a month or so now, when any users changes their domain user password, SSO (single sign on) does not work for them and they…

I am writing to seek assistance regarding an issue I am facing with my Sophos Firewall. I am currently using the free version of the Sophos Firewall. Recently, after changing my IP address, I noticed that the system stopped downloading updates and all…

Hello all, I've had my XG Home appliance setup and registered since Sept 1, 2023 without issue, everything was green on the dashboard\home page. Today, these two services are stopped and refuse to start stating that I need an Intercept X license…

Good morning, I've got a XG135 Rev3 that I'm planning on installing XG Home on. Is there speedstep support within the BIOS and is the fan supposed to be controlled by PWM depending on temps etc? It's been delivered with pfsense installed on the unit…

I have a Sophos Home that has lost its admin password. I only have access via the central system and through an administrator account, but I want to recover the main access. Is there a way to do this? Elton

Hello All, I am a newbee to XG, but have been using UTM9 for some years. In UTM9, I could see a number of attacks being dropped every day. After I changed to XG (version SFVH [SFOS 20.0.0 GA-Build222]) I do no longer see any attacks. I have activated…

Hi, I have been given an iptables command and I would like to create the same rule on my XG. Could anyone confirm if I have "translated" the rule correctly, please? iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s 10.100.20.19 -d www.riscocloud.com -p tcp --dport…

Hello, I use a password manager, 1Password, to fill my login credentials for the Sophos Firewall admin login page. I have MFA enabled for the admin users, which requires me to add an MFA code each time I login. This is great, and as expected. However…

Hi, I have set up a new Web server protection rule following this guide. Everything works fine using port 80, but when I change the port to 1001, I get 503 Service Unavailable: Web server : IIS (Windows 11). Binding: Type: HTTP, IP address: all…

Hi I having issues with upgrading my Sophos XG Firewall (Home Edition) virtual appliance to SFOS 20.0.1 MR1-Build342 from SFOS 20.0.0 GA-Build222. I can download the firmware via the appliance with no issues, the issue is soon as I press install, webadmin…

Hallo liebe Community, ich bin neu der ganzen FW-Thematik. Ich habe eine frisch installierte Sophos XG Home Instanz auf meinem Proxmox aufgesetzt. Mein aktuelles Problem ist, das Windows 11 beim Netzwerk via LAN-Verbindung immer wieder sagt "Nicht identifiziertes…

Hello, When I configure the bgp on sophos XG home I enter a network for advertise. Is it a way to advertise automatically new network or I must enter info manualy each time? regards

Hi, I am wanting to block the IOT network (xxx.xxx.5.xx/24) from pinging the default gateway of other networks so created a firewall rule to do so however when testing, devices in the IOT network are still able to ping the default gateway of other networks…

Hi all. I have been trying to install sophos xg home on my router and I cannot get past the firmware install. The install fails on "installing firmware64298 blocks cat: can't open /etc/versions: no such file or directoy this appliance does not satisfy…

Community, hi guys, im new to sophos and im just starting my journey using it and encountered this error when im trying to register the sophos xg home edition. Im not sure what could be causing this issue. Im pretty sure its not internet connection…

Hi everyone, I am currently using a mini PC, with an Intel Atom D525 1.8 GHz CPU, 4GB RAM, and a 32GB mSATA SSD, and sophos firewall home edition version 20 I am experiencing slow access to the web interface, and I am planning to buy another mini…

I'm using the Home Firewall 20.0. I configured IPSec VPN to access devices in the home. I can access most devices, but not the Sophos firewall itself. Although the VPN shows up as a zone, it does not show up as an interface (a "tunnel" interface, with…

Hello, Today I found a case that I've intermittently found in the past, but I decide to bring it up in the forum and try to find a permanent solution. I connected to a public WiFi network with an iPad. The network provided the following through…

I would like to run Sophos Home on either my XCG-NG or Proxmox host. In each of those hosts I have 4 port SFP+ Silicom cards (which are just rebranded X520 cards with two chipsets). I would prefer to pass the whole pcie device into the Sophos Home host…

I'm using the Home Firewall 20.0. I configured IPSec VPN using the Sophos instructional video. I used the default profile. I'm on the road, and trying to connect to devices on my home LAN, via the VPN. Let's call the LAN subnet X.X.X.0/24. The Sophos…

Is it possible to run Sophos Home Edition on virtual machine in a Synlogy NAS? or it much better to run it bare metal on an old Intel based machine? I have a Synloogy NAS running in my home and if thats possible it would be great. Thanks in…

Does anyone experienced the same thing? Messenger app chats with End to End Encryption enabled cannot send messages behind Sophos XG Firewall. There's also a lot of ISAKMP VPN hits in the traffic insights recently. I'm also thinking my XG instance is…

Hello all, 1.) I've heard some rumors that sophos firewall home edition will be end of life at some point in that not too distant future, is there any truth to this? 2.) Are there any fanless mini multi NIC pcs that have 2.5gbe that the sophos utm…

Hi all, one question regarding hardware-limitations of sophos firewall home. When you use old XGS-hardware - will home-license take advantage of xstream co-processor or will home-license be limited to 4 cores of x86 main-processor only? Thanks in…