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Routing for Internet Setup

Hi all,

I have a Sophos SG135w which used to be for the work office, but we have moved and no longer require it. It was previously setup by the work MSP who we purchased the device from. It has been sitting idle for about 18 months now and I am going to set it up at home. I've got it working on a home license.

I have it connected to my modem/router which works on 192.168.20.40 on 1 interface. I have another interface configured for DHCP as I want the Sophos to control that (192.168.0.0/24).

Now the Sophos isn't running all DHCP yet, I have it connected on its on. When I am my desktop on 192.168.20.0/24 I can connect to 192.168.20.40. When I am connected to the Sophos on 192.168.0.0/24 I can connect to the Sophos of 192.168.0.1.

But, I have no internet connectivity. I suspect I need to do a route somehow? Or a DNS configure? Just not sure where I need to do any of this stuff and googling hasn't given me the answer.

Any tips or pointers would be great.

Thanks.



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  • FormerMember
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    Hi ,

    Thank you for reaching out to the Community! 

    Could you please share the screenshot of the network interfaces configured on your UTM? 

    Did you configure the DHCP server on the internal interface? You can add DNS servers under Network services > DNS > Forwarders. You also need to add the internal network under DNS > Global > Allowed Network. 

    Did you configure the firewall rule for internet access and SNAT? Could you please share the screenshots with us?

    Thanks,

  • Hi H_Patel,

    See screenshots below:

    Let me know if you need anything else! Appreciate the prompt reply.

  • You need several things to get this flying.

    You say „modem“ but having a transfer network 192.168.20.0/24 indicates you are having a router.

    That router has to know about the net behind the Sophos, either by setting up a route or by setting up what is called an „exposed host“.

    Then, you need to „Masquerade“ that internal net behind the Sophos to your uplink connecting to the router.

    Third you have to allow DNS usage to the clients of your internal net.

    Mit freundlichem Gruß, best regards from Germany,

    Philipp Rusch

    New Vision GmbH, Germany
    Sophos Silver-Partner

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  • Hopefully this makes sense?

    You say „modem“ but having a transfer network 192.168.20.0/24 indicates you are having a router.

    Correct, I said "modem/router". I want the Sophos to do all the network routing though, so the modem/router will only have 1 device connected being the Sophos which will be 192.168.20.40

    That router has to know about the net behind the Sophos, either by setting up a route or by setting up what is called an „exposed host“.

    It is Internet > Modem/Router provided by ISP > Sophos > All other devices (Wireless/LAN)

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    How is this now?

  • Hello,

    delete that static route entry first! This is not needed. Routing is done by the correct GW setting.

    Then, if I understand you correctly, your Modem/router has an address of 192.168.20.40. Then you cannot assign the same address to the transfer network interface of the Sophos going to that modem into direction "outside".

    Additionally, you told the Sophos that your default GW is 192.168.20.1. If above IP 192.168.20.40 for the Modem is correct, then this GW entry is wrong. The GW IP has to be the IP of the Modem side.

    You could either change the IP of the Sophos to something else like 192.168.20.10 and correct the GW entry to 192.168.20.40 or you change the modem IP to 192.168.20.1.

    So it should look like:

    Sophos - 192.168.20.10 -----  (Internet Link to router) ----- 192.168.20.40 - Modem(internal) ------ (external) ---- Internet

    (With GW=192.168.20.40)

    OR:

    Sophos - 192.168.20.40------ (Internet Link to router) ------ 192.168.20.1-Modem(internal) ------ (external)------Internet

    (With GW= 192.168.20.1)

    Mit freundlichem Gruß, best regards from Germany,

    Philipp Rusch

    New Vision GmbH, Germany
    Sophos Silver-Partner

    If a post solves your question please use the 'Verify Answer' button.

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  • Hello,

    delete that static route entry first! This is not needed. Routing is done by the correct GW setting.

    Then, if I understand you correctly, your Modem/router has an address of 192.168.20.40. Then you cannot assign the same address to the transfer network interface of the Sophos going to that modem into direction "outside".

    Additionally, you told the Sophos that your default GW is 192.168.20.1. If above IP 192.168.20.40 for the Modem is correct, then this GW entry is wrong. The GW IP has to be the IP of the Modem side.

    You could either change the IP of the Sophos to something else like 192.168.20.10 and correct the GW entry to 192.168.20.40 or you change the modem IP to 192.168.20.1.

    So it should look like:

    Sophos - 192.168.20.10 -----  (Internet Link to router) ----- 192.168.20.40 - Modem(internal) ------ (external) ---- Internet

    (With GW=192.168.20.40)

    OR:

    Sophos - 192.168.20.40------ (Internet Link to router) ------ 192.168.20.1-Modem(internal) ------ (external)------Internet

    (With GW= 192.168.20.1)

    Mit freundlichem Gruß, best regards from Germany,

    Philipp Rusch

    New Vision GmbH, Germany
    Sophos Silver-Partner

    If a post solves your question please use the 'Verify Answer' button.

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  • BUT: all the above is only half of the game:

    You need an "exposed host" definition ON THE ROUTER.

    OR, at least, you router has to know about "that other network" behind the Sophos firewall. Otherwise your router would only know about the 192.168.20.0/24 network and not send any packets for the 192.168.0.0/24 network at all.

    This would work with a "DMZ" (sometimes called "exposed host") setting, which points to your "external" Sophos IP

    or with a static route setting AT THE ROUTER:

    This entry has to be like 192.68.0.0 /24 GW=192.168.20.40 (the "external" Sophos IP)

    Mit freundlichem Gruß, best regards from Germany,

    Philipp Rusch

    New Vision GmbH, Germany
    Sophos Silver-Partner

    If a post solves your question please use the 'Verify Answer' button.

  • NEXT you will perhaps need a Masquerading entry at "Network protection/NAT", depending on how your router handles the uplink traffic.

    Mit freundlichem Gruß, best regards from Germany,

    Philipp Rusch

    New Vision GmbH, Germany
    Sophos Silver-Partner

    If a post solves your question please use the 'Verify Answer' button.