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XG210 blown up

Yes blown up.  Dead.  Nothing. Nada.

Power supply most probably toasted.  No fan. No LED. No LCD.

Called Sophos.  Waited around 75 minutes.  Then line hung up or lost connection.  I re-called.  Waited.

Meanwhile, Sophos WEB site was dead.  Cursor was turning around permanently waiting for HTTPS connection.  That was while trying to open a new case.  One more hour toasted.  At that point, it was more than two in total.  Remember that meanwhile, my phone speaker is repeating the "Please wait while somebody will assist you shortly" ...  Two hours of that message has the potential of turning you numb.

At one point I told myself maybe the chat box works.  It did answer at one point.  The tech there opened the case.

A little before 3 hours waiting, repeating messages stop, then someone on the phone !!!

That tech organised the RMA.  But ...  My business has no phone, no VPN, no mails.  And I'm told I could receive the replacement between 1 to 4 days.

Holy sh...

Paul Jr 



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  • No HA.

    From what I see on numerous posts, XG210 is very unreliable hardware.  Firewall should be dual power supplies to start with. Mine is on a continuously filtering UPS on top of it.  

    After a FULL day, I still have no communication whatsoever on the delivery status. It’s almost certain I will not get this morning, or 3 hours ago.   So much for emergency handling.

    You’ll find my Sophos devices on eBay when support contract ends.  

    Sophos, by far the worse technical purchase decision mistake I have done in 38 years + career.

    Paul Jr

  • A day and a half later, I have a notice from UPS « A Label Was Printed ». To my horror, it will be shipped tomorrow from the USA. A border to cross added to that delivery delay. I let readers draw their own conclusion depending on their own situation. But anyone in Canada is better buy many firewalls in backup for any application that are just above a little important...