I had a Sophos SG 210 lying around which I wanted to test out for my home lab.
Sophos offer free keys for home/lab usage (https://myutm.sophos.com), so I signed up and downloaded my license but when I tried to apply it, I got the following message:
Sophos Sg 210 Cpu
(Google “Download Sophos UTM”) Burn this to a CD-rom or to USB following this link. (This will format the harddrive of the appliance, so logs and stats are lost!) Install the hardware appliance as you would do normally. After installation, you now have a complete clean Sophos UTM 9 installation.
- I have a Sophos SG210 but no license, Now what? So I picked up a bunch of SG210's that are in really good condition from e-waste for cheap. When I got them home and booted them up it turns out there licenses have expired. Well ok then, how much is a license then? Oh like $1200 Per box for 12 months, and I have 5 of them.
- Projects that include Sophos UTM SG210 w/ TotalProtect Firewall Deployment. Deployed Sophos Firewall between our public services and our Servicer BSparks0269 about 3 years ago Friday, February 9, 2018 08:35 PM 0 1 Seattle WA Production Facility Network - New production facility 36,000 sq feet.
- The Sophos SG 210 and SG 230 are designed to protect small to mid-sized businesses and branch offices. Based on the latest Intel technology and equipped with 6 GbE copper ports, 2 GbE SFP ports plus one FleXi Port slot to configure with an optional module, they provide high flexibility and throughput at an excellent price-to-performance ratio.
“Cannot use ASG software license on SG210 device”
To fix, I had to delete the asg file in /etc/ however I had to factory reset the unit again and set a password at the console before running any setup in the web GUI.
Once you’re logged into the console (you can use PuTTY or just plug in a screen and keyboard) run the following commands:
Once the unit has rebooted, you can login through the web GUI again and run through the setup and it will accept the license.
Its worth mentioning by removing the asg file, it stops the buttons for the LCD screen working. To fix, you can recreate the asg file and add a few lines of config (this doesn’t stop the license from working)
Create the file with VI:
Add the config:
Save the file and reboot. Once its rebooted, the buttons should work again.
Well kinda depends on what you need from a UTM.
I've been running a 220 for over a year and am mid project rolling this out to our other sites in APAC.
Support when needed has been great, the UTM does what I needed for a cost I could sell to the business. Make sure you size the Sophos right, but the new hardware is much more powerful that the previous generation.
Also like the the fact we could manage the Sophos's from 1 central location for no, zero,nadda extra cost!
here;s some other folks who've asked a similar question ..
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Fortigate gets mixed reviews, Sophos always seems to get very good ones..