Hi all, I have a XG 135 that I'm setting up temporarily until we get a newer model. I connected the WAN port to my ISP router and connected the LAN port to my switch as I usually would. I set my laptop ethernet gateway / IP within the 172.16.16.x range and accessed the firewall using 172.16.16.16:4444 and started the initial setup.

All went well until I got to the screen where it is applying the configuration and mentions that the firewall will reboot. And then my power flickered and the Sophos device lost power for a few seconds..

Now when I try to access the firewall using https://172.16.16.16:4444 it times out. I also can't ping the firewall, and I've plugged my laptop into the LAN port directly into the firewall with no luck. I also tried factory resetting it by holding down the reset button with a paperclip for 15 seconds. Firewall reboots, but the same problem. Can't access by IP.

I unfortunately don't have a console cable handy, so can't SSH into the firewall and run a factory reset.

Help? :)

I’ve never played with Sophos XGS, but I found a 135 for $120

I’m wondering if this will make a good opnsense box.

Sophos XG 135 Rev3 firewall/router Sophos XGS firewall home edition v19

With Hardware rev3 intel x86 CPU 6gb ram 64GB SSD