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Sophos XG v18.5.1 - Disable an Interface

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I read in several forum posts that the ability to disable and enable an interface was slated for a v18 feature set, but I do not see it - so I suspect it was not implemented?   That would be a pretty big step back to still be missing after 4 years of planned development.  It was a basic feature of the v9 UTM that I had to use somewhat frequently when Comcast loses its mind.  Now it seems like the whole appliance would need to be rebooted to resolve a communication issue?  (Note - I do have remote/console access to my Sophos, Comcast provides no such facility for the cable modem and thus it isn't resolvable as a Comcast problem (reboot the Comcast box to re-establish communication) but I could do similar with an interface reset).



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    Hi,

    you do not need to reboot your XG in most cases, just open in edit the offending interface and save it  is usually enough to cause an update reconnect. While this works most the time it is not satisfactory and last time a Sophos  support person responded was that is the way the RFC is written. Personally I think the interpretation is wrong but ...

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    There are quite a few things that get promised and then don't appear. Unless it makes a late appearance, it isn't going to be in v19 either, at least it isn't in the current v19 EAP2

    I can't think of any other networking equipment that I use where I can't disable an interface. Sigh.

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    There are quite a few things that get promised and then don't appear. Unless it makes a late appearance, it isn't going to be in v19 either, at least it isn't in the current v19 EAP2

    I can't think of any other networking equipment that I use where I can't disable an interface. Sigh.

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