Hi, I have a bizarre issue with the docker container and Sophos XG's DNS resolver. Let me lay out my setup first. I am running Sophos XG Home 20.0.2MR2 on a Dell R210 II. There is no IPv6 enabled anywhere. My docker host is Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and docker…

Hi There I recently acquired a second-hand XG115W. After wiping the SSD, I successfully installed the V20 HOME firmware on it. However, I've encountered this issue after the installation: Ethernet ports 2 and 3 do not function. I can see the activate…

Hello, I have Sophos SG 330 Rev. 2, completely new. I have used a USB installer to install the community/free edition of SFOS. The installer went ahead correctly, installing OS on the local SSD, and the appliance rebooted. After I saw that the appliance…

Hi, I could not find any information about the CPU to run Sophos Home Firewall v20. All I know is that FW v20 only can run on Intel CPUs and supports 4 cores. Given that I have an old Intel Core2 Quad 8XXX, which does not supports Intel AES instruction…

Hi , I just want to find out if I registered my Serial Number for PC no.1, later the PC died ( not working order), can the Serial Number be transferred to a replacement PC no.2? Or the serial number is not transferrable, I need to apply a new one…

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 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…

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…

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…

Hi, I'm new to the Sophos Firewall, but not firewall products in general. I've been running pfsense/opnsense for years, and thought I might give it a try. I can get it to boot just fine in a Proxmox VM, but on dedicated hardware it seems to be problematic…

XG SFVH (SFOS 20.0.0 GA-Build222) I have set up a web policy with quota for gaming. I would like it to disconnect user from site after time is used. The way it works now is the user can continue playing as long as they logged in before the quota time…

This is the first time I've observed anything like this with the 3+ years I've been a Sophos XG home user. I upgraded to the latest build 222 about 15 days ago, so my run time has been about 15 days. Over the past several days I've noticed some weird…

Hello guys! I have a home server running a few services on port 80 and 2-3 other ports I also have dyndns (3 hostnames) and have been using waf to connect to those 3 services without the need to enter a port in the url (There are also a couple of…

Hi, I have gone through a fair bit of posts and how-to online, so I decided to post the question here, after 5 days researching this. ---------------------- My setup: Motherboard with 1 built-in 1000mb/s ethernet port, 2x PCI-e cards HP NIC 2 ports…

Hi, I just bought a SG125 Rev.3 and trying to get it running. I followed the steps as recommend in the different threads and created a bootable device using SW-19.5.3_MR-3-652.iso and in the second try SW-20.0.0_GA-222.iso In both variants everything…

Is it expected behaviour for url keyword blocking not to work when DPI is enabled? See below for an example: I created the following category: With the following user activity: which I added to the following web policy However, when…

I have got 2 Sophos FW Home firewalls (Home, and In-laws) running V20.0.0 with a red-link working between them. This link has historically been Static Routes at each end and has worked perfectly but we want to separate some traffic so I have tried to…

I have an SSL VPN setup with Full Tunnel. It works fine if I connect from places with IPv4 only. However, when I connect from a mobile phone with IPv6, I can't route anything that is IPv4. The VPN global setting is set to IPv4 only. Please help. …

Hello World, I am back testing Sophos firewalls. I am running SFVH (SFOS 20.0.0 GA-Build222) I have everything working sort of. I setup a hotspot in my lab and everything works fine until I switch from Use the IP address of the first internal interface…

Hello Community, I have been trying to update Sophos Firewall from v19.5 MR3 to v20 GA, and it fails. Through the Firmware page, I: - Download the firmware, shows success. - Install it, shows success applying it. - On device reboot, v19…

Hi all, my setup at home is the following. I have a proxmox host on which I have created an active/passive HA installation of SFOS v20. HA is connected and all green. When I try to register this installation to Sophos central, only the active peer is…

Quick question: Do you have to have Sophos Hardware to make VLAN work in the firewall software? I'm using a mini pc running Sophos Firewall V20 and it appears when I set up a VLAN, it doesn't work. Followed the directions on how to create a VLAN but…

Long-time Sophos Firewall Home Edition user, running v20 without issue. PROBLEM arises while replacing my aging SATA SSD with an M.2 nVME drive ... Downloaded v20 .ISO, burned to disc Disconnect old SATA SSD, install new M.2 nVME Boot from…

I've seen similar topics here, but none seem to quite work. XG Home VM, v20, with a pretty minimal ruleset. I'm really the only person on my home network. At some random times the VM will go to 90-100% CPU usage and stay there. This has happened at 2…

Hello, I'm very new the Sophos XG Firewall. Curerntly playing with the home use free edition for the last few months. Today the firewall prompted me to install new firmware V20 GA something. After upgrade and reboot I now get a blank white…