Sophos XG HOME Hardware - How to do a stresstest?

Hello!

It will depend on what features you're going to use. But the J5005 should be able to handle 1 Gbit/s on general internet traffic.

Anyway, don't expect line-rate gigabit with TLS Decryption, or 1 Gbit/s with a single connection with IPS, the J5005 isn't fast enough for that.

Rudolf Vonier said:

but I would liek more to see how I can stress my hardware to see if it is capable. From what I read IPS needs to be activated, and TLS intercept. What else?

Enable all features you're going to use, I recommend enable ATP with the "Inspect untrusted content", use a "LAN TO WAN" IPS Policy, "Allow All" as the Application Filter and create your own Web Policy and use it. (Don't forget to enable HTTP/S AV Scan and Zero-day Protection.)

Only create a TLS Decryption Rule if you're actually going to use it, I recommend you to do some stress test first without TLS Decryption - since you will have a expected 50% speed reduction after enable decryption.

Hello!

It will depend on what features you're going to use. But the J5005 should be able to handle 1 Gbit/s on general internet traffic.

Anyway, don't expect line-rate gigabit with TLS Decryption, or 1 Gbit/s with a single connection with IPS, the J5005 isn't fast enough for that.

Rudolf Vonier said:

but I would liek more to see how I can stress my hardware to see if it is capable. From what I read IPS needs to be activated, and TLS intercept. What else?

Enable all features you're going to use, I recommend enable ATP with the "Inspect untrusted content", use a "LAN TO WAN" IPS Policy, "Allow All" as the Application Filter and create your own Web Policy and use it. (Don't forget to enable HTTP/S AV Scan and Zero-day Protection.)

Only create a TLS Decryption Rule if you're actually going to use it, I recommend you to do some stress test first without TLS Decryption - since you will have a expected 50% speed reduction after enable decryption.