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Sophos Home UTM Advice

Darren Wallbanks1

Dear Sir/Madam,

Can you tell me if the Sophos UTM Home is do able setting up on a Dell Optiplex 3050.

It has 1 network card on board but are you able to add an additinal usb network dongle im trying to get the install to detect this but is only detecting the onboard network card.

If someone could please advise i would be very grateful.

Thanks



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    You need at least two ethernet ports for UTM to utilize filtering and appropriate setup.  USB if I remember right, can be used since (I think) version 9.1, but it was a very short list of what actually worked, and be warned - it will be a major bottleneck for your speed.

    It might be better if you just bought a new NIC with two ports that can fit in your Dell box, and a lot less hassle.  Intel-based NICs are good, stay away from Realtek.

    OPNSense 64-bit | Intel Xeon 4-core v3 1225 3.20Ghz
    16GB Memory | 500GB SSD HDD | ATT Fiber 1GB
    (Former Sophos UTM Veteran, Former XG Rookie)

  • 0 in reply to Amodin

    Thanks for all your help im just gonna have to look into an alternative desktop supporting 2 network cards

  • 0 in reply to Darren Wallbanks1

    If you want low power small boxes, try looking at Jetway products.  I used to run an Atom-based processor on a Jetway board years ago and it worked out really well until my upgrade to a 4-post rack mount system in my basement. Stuck out tongue

    It is small and low power.  If your set up is just for you or two of you, it would work out well if your ISP speed is 'average'.  If you have a decent speed and need it for streaming, gaming, you will want something beefier to handle the IPS load and such anyways.

    OPNSense 64-bit | Intel Xeon 4-core v3 1225 3.20Ghz
    16GB Memory | 500GB SSD HDD | ATT Fiber 1GB
    (Former Sophos UTM Veteran, Former XG Rookie)

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  • 0 in reply to Darren Wallbanks1

    If you want low power small boxes, try looking at Jetway products.  I used to run an Atom-based processor on a Jetway board years ago and it worked out really well until my upgrade to a 4-post rack mount system in my basement. Stuck out tongue

    It is small and low power.  If your set up is just for you or two of you, it would work out well if your ISP speed is 'average'.  If you have a decent speed and need it for streaming, gaming, you will want something beefier to handle the IPS load and such anyways.

    OPNSense 64-bit | Intel Xeon 4-core v3 1225 3.20Ghz
    16GB Memory | 500GB SSD HDD | ATT Fiber 1GB
    (Former Sophos UTM Veteran, Former XG Rookie)

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