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Sophos XG Home License - Where to buy it?!

Charles Xaviar

Hello,

I was wandering where can i buy the Sophos XG license for home edition "Intel"

i tried to contact support but no use, i requested a quotation but no answer, i searched the forms but couldn't find any help..

i need the price and the purchasing link to buy it or even a redistributor "i don't have one in my country!" 

 

can any one help me with this matter?



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    Hi,

    why use such large print?

    You do not buy/purchase a home licence, you create a Sophos account and then you fill in the forms and are given access to download a home licence.

    Please refer to this forum thread.

    https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/f/licensing/115582/xg-firewall-home-edition

    Ian

  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Hello Ian,

    Sorry for the big font, my screen settings are set to small, I edited the post.

     

    I know that I don't have to purchase a home license, and I am satisfied with what it offers except for the port forward as I have a Static/ Real IP and i need it to go through the firewall "The home license don't allow it as I understand".

    there is the evaluation license which gives 30 days trial with no limitation on that matter, I want to extend the evaluation by buying it and I can't seem to find how or where

    maybe I am wrong if so does the home license offer port forward to assign an IP to a PC?

     

    I even tried the UTM home edition as it has no limitation on that matter but to be honest it's not worth it..

    I am open for suggestions :)

  • 0 in reply to Charles Xaviar

    Hi,

    the UTM is still better value than the XG in a lot of functions. The XG is slowly catching up.

    The home licence XG has the same functions/features as the commercial XG except for ATP, Sandstorm, support (all support come through these forums).

    How large a static IP range do you have? 

    You create rules without enabling the NAT function.

    Ian

  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Hi,

    I believe you are right regarding the UTM vs XG but the problem is with the simplicity, XG has a more friendly user interface

     

    Well i only have 5 IPs, yes i didn't enable NAT however i couldn't find the Port forwarding in the Firewall/ Business Application rules,

    so the home edition enables port-forward? if so can you guide me to the correct topic to create the rules accordingly?

     

    To have a better picture of my home environment, i have:

    1- A total of 11 devices/15 MAC address

    2- 5 Static IPs

    3- Gigabyte G31/4 RAM/ Core 2 Due/ 250 GB HDD "I have a spare -G41/8 Ram/Core 2 Quad/ 250 GB" but i believe i don't need it as my usage is below the 4 GB Ram.

  • +1 in reply to Charles Xaviar

    Hi Charles,

    let me clear up a couple of misconceptions

    1/. port forwarding that everyone refers to is done by creating firewall rules that allow specific port/protocols out of your local network.

    2/. the UTM GUI is still way more logical the the XG GUI, though the XG GUI is getting better and looks a lot prettier than the UTM. The GUI update is quite slow on the lower end celerons

     

    Friewall hardware

    home user 

    1/. fastest real 4 core CPU you can get and I do not mean I5, I7 or I9 they are way overkill

    2/. make sure the NICs are not realty and intel i219 (not supported) if you want serious throughput

    3/. a minimum of 4g of ram otherwise w]you will not be able to install v18.

     

    Rules.

    1/. you would need to create firewall rules for the statically assigned IP address devices without a NAT see item 3.

    2/. for your locally assigned addresses (XG as DHCP server) you would need to create more firewall rules with a NAT. 

    3/. you will need seperate physical networks and possibly put your real static IP addresses into bridge connection so as not to loose an IP address for the XG gateway.

    4/. you will need to understand web, application and IPS policies, DPI and proxy modes if you want to get the best security from your XG

    5/. you have tried some of the above and get stuck post screenshots of your rules.

    6/. unless you have a server or similar that requires external users to access you will not at this stage require a WAF rule.

    Ian

  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Hi Ian,

    Sorry, It took a while to respond as I had to reinstall to “Home License” and changed the hardware “as you recommended”.

    I created a firewall  rule to Remote Desktop my home server “Windows/ RD”, somehow something doesn’t work.. here is the rule:

     

     

     

    I have 3 network interfaces, configured as the following:

      1- LAN

      2- WAN "Public IP"

      3- Not Configured

     

    I can access my Sophos outside my network with the public IP successfully, but i can't remote desktop or even telnet the port, what am i missing?

     

     

    By the way, what made me think that Sophos XG Home License had restrictions was:

    • When I choose “All” [Firewall -> Business application rule -> DNAT/ Full NAT -> Destination & service -> Services -> ALL] the “Mapped port ” under “Forward to” was grayed out.
    • The RDP service wasn’t listed under the “Destination & Service -> Services” and I didn’t see “Create New”
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  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Hi Ian,

    Sorry, It took a while to respond as I had to reinstall to “Home License” and changed the hardware “as you recommended”.

    I created a firewall  rule to Remote Desktop my home server “Windows/ RD”, somehow something doesn’t work.. here is the rule:

     

     

     

    I have 3 network interfaces, configured as the following:

      1- LAN

      2- WAN "Public IP"

      3- Not Configured

     

    I can access my Sophos outside my network with the public IP successfully, but i can't remote desktop or even telnet the port, what am i missing?

     

     

    By the way, what made me think that Sophos XG Home License had restrictions was:

    • When I choose “All” [Firewall -> Business application rule -> DNAT/ Full NAT -> Destination & service -> Services -> ALL] the “Mapped port ” under “Forward to” was grayed out.
    • The RDP service wasn’t listed under the “Destination & Service -> Services” and I didn’t see “Create New”
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