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…

Olá, tenho um sophos xg86 no meu laboratório, gostaria de saber se é possível instalar a versão home nele, visto que a licença vai expirar em 1 mês.. é possível ? Como eu faço isso, visto que ele não tem conexão pra ligar monitor.

Hello, My GPON ONT converter device is one without the DHCP mode (static IP 192.168.50.x). Once I have connected my Sophos XG firewall device with it for a successful PPPoE dial-up, I can no longer access it by assigning a static IP of 192.168.50.y…

Hi everyone, I set my Firewall Wan Port to 1000 mbps Full-Duplex with Auto-negotiated enabled. I thought the solution was to set the WAN bandwidth to 1000 Half-Duplex but there is no option (only 10 HD, 10FD, 100 HD, 100 FD and 1000 FD) My Modem (Vodafone…

Hi, I have Sophos Home edition on a machine, which use AD authentication in user-based rules to allow internet. In addition to that we have some IP based rules as well for some devices that cannot be joined (or we don't want to join them) to the domain…

Good Day All. I built my Sophos Firewall, downloaded and registered SFOS. I use this firewall in my home network and I made a recent change to Static IPs. Once I set a static on the WAN interface, 2 things happened. I could not longer access the Web Admin…

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…

Hello colleague, I have an issue with a virtual machine on Proxmox. My "local-lvm" is growing from the initial 6GB until it runs out of space, causing Sophos XG to stop working. I've cleared the Sophos XG report in the terminal, but it hasn't helped.…

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…

Hello all, I have a specific NAT question and problem, the reason would be, that am not a native or excellent networking guy... so learning by doing and reading specific when needed. Maybe someone could help me. In my home network I use a XG as…

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…

Installed home firewall on XG 125w rev3. The software shows ports 5 and 6 as Port 1 (LAN) and Port 2 (WAN). It seems all of the ports are numbered wrong. Is there any way to configure the software to see the correct port numbers?

I installed the Home version on a virtual machine to see if it worked. Now I want to delete that VM and install the firewall on a physical PC. How do I free up the license from the VM so I can use it on the other PC?

What are the differences between the XG 125 revs (rev 1,2,3)? Would the rev 1 processing power be sufficient for a home network?

I have a sophos sg-115w appliance and installed home edition xg on it. everything works except that the appliance wifi is not working. wireless protection on the XG UI is configured with wlnet1 hardware. But the SSID is not showing in WiFi. does the home…

I am wondering if anyone can assist me with the registration of my device XG125W . When I try to register /claim the firewall using the serial number of the device , I receive one of two error 's . Error 1 , Licensing ,Ficewall licenses , Claim firewall…

I've created a firewall rule & NAT rule to forward port 5555 to my local server ssh server and it was working perfectly -for sometime- but it keeps failing now and i can't access, after scanning port it keeps saying that it's closed? I recreated the…

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…

I’m looking for some advice for Hardware for the Sophos Firewall Home Edition. I’m not sure if I should use a vm or bare-metal installation. When I was looking for some hardware, I found HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus v2 with an Intel Pentium…

Hey everybody, I have made a little dump error ... I was setting up mein new Firewall @ Home and wanted to activate the License, whilte I was questioned if I want to apply to the 30 days Xstream Protection bundle or want to activate the Home License…

Hi, I'm currently running Sophos Home Firewall on my home network (192.168.X.X) and having trouble working from home using the VPN provided by my workplace (Cisco Duo). I can connect to the VPN ok, i receive the local IP address (10.x.x.x) and any locally…