This discussion has been locked. Any recommendations? Hi and welcome, first thing, please learn to use the search function. Up 0 Down Cancel. Here's the system I'm looking at. Does anyone see anything in the specs that's known not to work? Intel preferred. Who needs a cardreader for a UTM? How much RAM? You will need this key once you need to restore a backup or when you need to import a configuration.
The system will ask you to confirm that you stored the key in a safe place so you can recover should you need it again possibly not until after a few years. The basic installation is now ready.
If you enabled a DHCP server then you can connect new computers to the LAN-side of the firewall and they will automatically receive a local IP-address and have their default gateway set correctly. In fact these machines should immediately have access to the internet protected by your newly setup XG firewall. Now your basic setup is complete, you may also want to read my article: Configure XG-firewall for Home use.
This article lists a few additional steps I recommend in a home-network. Furthermore I highly recommend you to register an account in the Sophos Community.
If you like this post about Sophos XG, you may also like my other posts about Sophos. Hi Antoine, yes that is possible but you should first completely erase all partitions on the existing disk otherwise the installer will continuously think it is an appliance which will not work for the home version. I only have 1 Network Interface in my spare laptop. I keep getting an error that I do not have the required number of Network Interfaces. Is there any way that I can use the USB ethernet adaptor?
Probably the cheapest option is to buy an additional NIC to built into the computer or by converting the machine to a Hyper-V or VMware machine and install XG virtualized.
Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content January 14, Step 2a: Install the software Before installing the firewall beware that the installation will completely erase disk in the machine. Step 2b Basic configuration Enter the default password: admin en press enter, next the End User License Agreement will show.
If you agree with the EULA, then press A, and the main menu will show: The firewall is now ready to be setup from a web browser. After registering the license can immediately be synchronized with your firewall 3b. First login After logging in for the first time the system will ask you to create a secure storage master key. Step 4: Installation finished The basic installation is now ready. Popular Topics in Sophos. Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT.
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