Sophos XG Firewall: SSID time-based schedule behavior
Overview
This article outlines behavior on the Sophos XG Firewall regarding configured SSID time-based schedules.
Applies to the following Sophos products and versions
Sophos Firewall
Impact
When a time-based schedule is configured on a SSID:
- When the schedule is activated, all SSIDs are dropped and clients connected to them are disconnected.
- This affects all SSIDs, even those that do not have a time based schedule.
This behavior is being improved in a future release.
What to do
This is currently expected behavior. Affected users can configure a firewall rule with source networks for those of the SSID(s) that should have enabled access.
Note: This prevents traffic from traversing the XG and not actually the WiFi network. SSID(s) will still be broadcasted.
Next update
This article will be updated when more information becomes available.
Related information
- Sophos XG Firewall: How to create a schedule-based firewall rule
- Sophos XG Firewall: How to configure a wireless network
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