I am trying to gain access to my XG firewall for the first time.

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I am trying to gain access to my XG firewall for the first time. It's IPv4 Gateway address is 10.1.106.10 and I entered in https://10.1.106.10 and it says it is invalid, bad certificate. What am I doing wrong?

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lferrara · Accepted Answer

Dwight, 
 I have sent you a PM, so I will try to help you in some way. 
 Thanks.

sachingurung · Answer

Hi, 
 Set the network settings on your computer like: 
 
 Go to https ://172.16.16.16:4444. If you still don't get the Management GUI then Ping 172.16.16.16 from the system and verify if the XG is reachable. 
 Also, do a tracert 172.16.16.16 in command prompt and post the output. 
 Thanks

lferrara · Answer

Dwight did not know how to reach the XG. XG was it's default gateway, so connecting to default gateway https://ip:4444 did the trick!

lferrara · Answer

Dwight , 
 "XG_IP" must be the LAN IP you configured on your XG. By default the ip is 172.16.16.16 so the link will be: https://172.16.16.16:4444 . 
 Make sure you have a computer configured with an IP in the same subnet. For example configure on your PC 172.16.16.1 where subnet is 255.255.255.0 
 Once there, connect the computer to PORT1 and you should be able to ping the ping from your computer and proceed with the configuration. 
 If your are not able to ping 172.16.16.16, change the port and connect the computer to all other firewall nics until you find the one that is pingable. 
 Thanks

lferrara · Answer

You don't need any sw to install on your computer.you only need to know the ip of your XG and credentials. If they were changed to something that you do not know, then you need to connect a vga cable and keyboard, reboot the appliance and reset password to default and use the console to change the default ip. To reset the admin password use: 
 
 On Sophos website you can find both cli and administration guide.