{"id":22129,"date":"2021-07-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/blog\/last-chance-for-1-year-renewal-xg-85w-and-xg-105w\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T14:21:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:21:25","slug":"last-chance-for-1-year-renewal-xg-85w-and-xg-105w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/blog\/last-chance-for-1-year-renewal-xg-85w-and-xg-105w\/","title":{"rendered":"Last chance for 1-year renewal – XG 85(w) and XG 105(w)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sales of the XG 85(w) and XG 105(w) have already been discontinued on August 17, 2019. Anyone who wants to purchase a license for these devices again will have to hurry. The hardware goes end-of-life in August 2022.<\/p>\n\n

Last renewal for XG 85(w) and XG 105(w)<\/h2>\n\n

We have already reported on the end-of-sale of the XG 85(w) and XG 105(w) firewall hardware<\/a>. The time for the last renewal is getting closer and closer and with this article we would like to remind all owners of an XG 85(w)<\/strong> or XG 105(w)<\/strong> once again that until August 17, 2021<\/strong> is the last possibility to renew the license for one year. All requests after this date cannot be processed.<\/p>\n\n

Those who still rely on these models today and want to exhaust the renewal period until August 17, 2021, will certainly have their reasons. However, it is a fact that the two devices can already no longer be operated with the latest SFOS version. After v17.5x, the XG 85(w) and 105(w) are finished.<\/p>\n\n

For this reason, you should think about switching to a current hardware. Sophos still lists the XG series as the successor product on its website.<\/p>\n\n

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However, we would strongly advise against buying an XG Firewall now. This is because the XG series will go end-of-sale on September 30, 2021<\/a>, and end-of-life at the end of 2024. In addition, the XGS series with more power<\/a> was introduced on April 22, 2022. For these aforementioned reasons, we would suggest the following migration path:<\/p>\n\n