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Sophos Firewall on Bare Metal PC Hardware: Surgery to Change NIC

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Running Sophos Firewall v18.5.1 on bare metal PC hardware. Preparing to swap 4-port NICs: out with the Intel I350-T4, in with the Intel X710-T4L. My _hope_ is this works as follows:

  • Proper shutdown
  • Remove I350-T4
  • Install X710-T4L
  • Power on
  • New hardware is recognized, new driver used, Sophos Firewall is copacetic
  • A bit of work in Network > Interfaces to stich everything back in place

QUESTION: does Sophos Firewall tackle new hardware (change of NIC) as I imagine above?

Confirmation would be awesome, though I would be sincrelygrateful to know potential gotchas BEFORE performing surgery.

Cheers,
Bruce



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    Hi,

    assuming your new device is a 4  port NIC, then make sure you have a current backup, then make you changes then perform a restore, the only real issue will be your NICs (interface) order might be different from your original.

    Ian

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    Ian--

    Appreicate the crazy-fast reply AND the positive news! Both the old and new NICs are four port, though I am kinda expecting that the port-to-zone assignments may need to be re-jiggered in Network > Interfaces.

    I'll have a monitor and keyboard attached, just in case I need to access the console.

    Cheers,
    Bruce.

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    Ian--

    Appreicate the crazy-fast reply AND the positive news! Both the old and new NICs are four port, though I am kinda expecting that the port-to-zone assignments may need to be re-jiggered in Network > Interfaces.

    I'll have a monitor and keyboard attached, just in case I need to access the console.

    Cheers,
    Bruce.

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