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Multi-Gig XG Hardware

Gkeg

Hi All, and thanks in advance for your help. I've been using Sophos XG for about 2 years now and I've absolutely loved it. I just moved into a brand new house and have ATT symmetrical 5Gbps fiber at the same price as my old Xfinity cable internet! 

I have a Zyxel XS1930-12HP and WAX650S already, so all I need is a firewall setup capable of pushing that 5Gbps connection. My current Qotom i3 box had no trouble with 1Gpbs lopsided cable at all, but it only has 1Gbe NICs. 

After 2 weeks without a firewall and since heavy reading... I still can't figure out what I should get. Is anyone using "multi-gig" NICs? Preferably the NICs would be able to negotiate 1000/2500/5000 like my other equipment. I know I need Intel, but what chipset?

Does anyone have a mini PC recommendation with 2 NICs minimum and perhaps a newer i5 so I can push those speeds with IPS?

Very grateful for any help, thank you!



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  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Hi,

    I fired up the box and configured it. The 10G interfaces are installed and show in the interface tab Initially the DHCP request was not honoured, but I suspect that was more a driver issue in auto negotiation not working. I changed the interface to 10g full duplex and an address was assigned, both I4 and IPv6. The interface was changed back to auto negotiate and the address was assigned again. 

    Just to make sure all the configuration changes stuck I restarted the XG and yes, the configuration changes stuck showing IP4 and IPv6 connected at 10GB/s.

    The software version is v18.5.2 mr-2, When the XG115w was updated to v18.5.2 I was concerned about memory usage, appears though this is an issue with MR-2 because the new box with a fast E series XEON (new variety) and 16gb of ram though only 6gb is used by the XG the memory usage shows 63%. Strange,bevause my e3 XG never got that high even running v19 EAP1.

    Enjoy your 10gb system.

    Ian

    XG115W - v19.5.1 mr-1 - Home

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  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Excellent insights, thank you! The last of my parts will be here in less than 24 hours so I'll provide an update once I'm all up and running... assuming I'm up and running!

  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Okay, I'm up and running... and the XG sees the two 10 gig NICs and DHCP worked fine and everything, I'm passing traffic... HOWEVER... it can't seem to negotiate 5Gbe! I even set the ATT gateway to not autonegotiate, just solid 5Gbe and it still says 1Gbe in Sophos! Any ideas? This is a really devastating scenario since this would render my 2.5 gig fiber useless unless I move off of Sophos XG... and I really love XG!

  • 0 in reply to Gkeg

    Hi Gkeg,

    the options are 1gb or 10gb. You could try setting the interface to 10gb and see if you can get traffic though it?

    Then there is another approach and this to put a dumb switch that is capable of 2.5 gb and 10gb between your fibre and the XG.

    Ian

    XG115W - v19.5.1 mr-1 - Home

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  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Unfortunately no, it cannot talk to the ATT router when I set it to 10Gb. I guess I will have to go the switch route.

  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Alright, I ended up creating a VLAN with all other ports forbidden on my Zyxel X1930-12HP and then used those ports to connect the ATT gateway and the Sophos XG. Everything connected at 5G/10G now. Hopefully this is a secure enough design. I don't know how possible VLAN hopping is...

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