{"id":22090,"date":"2022-01-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/blog\/sophos-wireless-wlan-management-in-central-becomes-free-of-charge\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T09:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T08:47:48","slug":"sophos-wireless-wlan-management-in-central-becomes-free-of-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/blog\/sophos-wireless-wlan-management-in-central-becomes-free-of-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Wireless – WLAN management in Central becomes free of charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sophos decided in October 2021 to stop charging for WLAN management in the Central console.\nUntil now, you had to pay an annual license fee (per device) to manage a Sophos access point in Central.\nThis made the solution not very interesting for many of our customers, as the management of Access Points via an XG or XGS firewall has always been free of charge.\nUseSophos Central for free! <\/p>\n\n

Create a free Sophos Central account now and start managing your Sophos access points.Create account now<\/a><\/p>\n\n

When Sophos introduced the new XGS series in April 2021, it was announced that the new firewalls would only support APX series management.\nThis suddenly made the paid management of AP<\/strong> series Access Points via Central Wireless the only option if one wanted to switch to the new XGS series.\nWe suspect that this was a showstopper for some customers and prevented them from switching to the new XGS firewalls. <\/p>\n\n

In order to chase this fat elephant out of the china store, Sophos probably felt compelled to stop charging for Central WLAN Management.\nAs a result, the solution has naturally become more attractive and will probably become the most widely used variant among Sophos customers in the future for managing Access Points a central console. <\/p>\n\n

In this blog post, we will briefly summarize what you can expect from Central Wireless and what features are offered.<\/p>\n\n

Central WLAN Management<\/h2>\n\n

With Sophos Central Wireless, you can configure your Sophos Access Points incredibly easily from your Central Account.\nConnect an access point to the Internet and register it by entering the serial number in your Sophos Central account.\nYou can then begin configuration and create a secure wireless network.\nOnce the access point is up and running, you can see the status of your WLAN and all connected clients. <\/p>\n\n

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