Sophos XG Firewall: Packet capture may show violation for DHCP and DHCP relay traffic
Overview
Packet capture may show violation for DHCP and DHCP relay traffic like the following:
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Applies to the following Sophos products and versions
Sophos Firewall
Explanation
Even it shows violation in the Packet capture but analyzing the DHCP traffic with Wireshark shows that the XG firewall is still forwarding DHCP packet to clients and server. So just ignore that violation message.
Related information
- Sophos XG Firewall: How to configure firewall as a DHCP Relay
- Sophos XG Firewall: How to configure the firewall as a DHCP Server
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