Basic Sophos XG setup, online gaming.

Question

Hi Guys, 
 Build my own virtual XG on an older desktop (located Attic). (Intel desktopboard, i5, 8GB, 120GB SSG, Intel dual port NIC) 
 Running ESXi 6.5, gave the virtual machine 2 cores and 4GB ram. Network situation: Cisco modem bridge (groundfloor, utp cable going to attic (wan), lan going back downstairs to wifi ap and lan network.) Webbrowsing etc working fine, my family having no issues with browsing and streaming movies (Chromecast, Netflix) 
 At the moment have one rule for internet, doing basic webfiltering en simple IPS. Is there a way to improve gaming performance? Created a seperate rule for my laptop with no packet scanning. 
 Is there a way to troubleshooting gaming performance, when i ping the game server i get a steady ping of 30ms average. (login.p1.worldoftanks.eu) 
 During gaming the ping raises to approx. 60-80ms. 
 Let me know if you guys experienced this issue.

shred · Accepted Answer

What type of latency/ping were you seeing before running Sophos XG? I guess I’m a bit confused as to how Sophos XG would impact your latency unless it was running on really slow hardware. I always thought latency was primarily a function of your ISP and distance from your location to the server you’re trying to reach. I’d be curious to hear what you find out though! 
 Personally, I just have a separate firewall rule called “Bypass Policies” that I have my Xbox One assigned to which bypasses IPS and all policies to avoid having the traffic go through Snort (IPS engine) and the web proxy.