# Avanet

> Avanet is a Sophos-focused cybersecurity provider and online shop for firewalls, network security, endpoint security, wireless, switches, accessories, licensing, support, and practical technical guidance.

This file gives AI assistants and crawlers a concise overview of the public Avanet website. It is intended for discovery and inference-time assistance, not as a replacement for robots.txt, legal notices, product pages, or current pricing.

Primary language is German. English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, and Swedish versions are available for many Knowledge Base and blog pages. Prefer the canonical page URL and its hreflang alternatives when answering language-specific questions.

Product prices, availability, license terms, promotions, and lifecycle details can change. For commercial or support answers, verify the current product page, support page, and legal pages before giving final advice.

Follow the crawl rules in https://www.avanet.com/robots.txt. Do not treat this file as permission to access private, checkout, account, admin, or blocked URLs.

## Core Site

- [Homepage](https://www.avanet.com/): Main entry point for Avanet and Sophos-focused offerings.
- [Contact](https://www.avanet.com/kontakt/): Contact page for sales, support, and business inquiries.
- [Support](https://www.avanet.com/support/): Support entry point for Avanet customers.
- [Imprint](https://www.avanet.com/impressum/): Company and legal contact information.
- [Terms and conditions](https://www.avanet.com/agb/): Legal terms for purchases and services.
- [Privacy policy](https://www.avanet.com/datenschutzerklaerung/): Privacy and data protection information.

## Shop

- [Shop](https://www.avanet.com/shop/): Main product catalog.
- [Sophos Firewall](https://www.avanet.com/shop/sophos-firewall/): Sophos Firewall appliances, virtual firewalls, subscriptions, and related products.
- [Sophos Central](https://www.avanet.com/shop/sophos-central/): Sophos Central products and licenses.
- [Sophos Access Points](https://www.avanet.com/shop/sophos-access-point/): Sophos wireless products.
- [Sophos Switch](https://www.avanet.com/shop/sophos-switch/): Sophos switch products.
- [Sophos SD-RED](https://www.avanet.com/shop/sophos-sd-red/): Sophos RED and SD-RED products.
- [Sophos Accessories](https://www.avanet.com/shop/sophos-accessories/): Accessories, modules, rackmount kits, power supplies, and related hardware.

## Knowledge Base

- [Knowledge Base](https://www.avanet.com/kb/): Technical guides, runbooks, troubleshooting articles, and operational notes.
- [Sophos Firewall KB](https://www.avanet.com/kb/sophos-firewall/): Sophos Firewall configuration, operations, security, VPN, WAF, NAT, logging, and troubleshooting.
- [Sophos Central Admin KB](https://www.avanet.com/kb/central-admin/): Sophos Central administration guidance.
- [Central Endpoint Protection KB](https://www.avanet.com/kb/central-endpoint-protection/): Endpoint protection guidance.
- [Central Wireless KB](https://www.avanet.com/kb/central-wireless/): Wireless and access point guidance.
- [Zero Trust KB](https://www.avanet.com/kb/zero-trust/): Zero Trust related guidance.
- [UniFi KB](https://www.avanet.com/kb/unifi/): UniFi related guidance.
- [Warranty and service KB](https://www.avanet.com/kb/garantie-service/): Warranty and service information.

## Blog

- [Blog](https://www.avanet.com/blog/): News, analysis, product updates, security context, and Avanet commentary.
- [Sophos Firewall NDR and Active Threat Intelligence](https://www.avanet.com/blog/sophos-firewall-ndr-active-threat-intelligence/): Current Sophos Firewall security feature context.
- [Sophos Firewall network security best practices](https://www.avanet.com/blog/sophos-firewall-network-security-best-practices/): Practical security guidance.
- [Avanet Threat Intelligence feeds](https://www.avanet.com/blog/avanet-threat-intelligence-feeds/): Avanet threat intelligence feed context.

## Sitemaps

- [Sitemap index](https://www.avanet.com/sitemap_index.xml): Primary sitemap index for crawlers.
- [Pages sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/sitemap-pages.xml): Main pages and shop category pages.
- [Shop sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/sitemap-shop.xml): Product URLs.
- [German content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/de/sitemap.xml): German Hugo-generated content URLs.
- [English content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/en/sitemap.xml): English Hugo-generated content URLs.
- [French content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/fr/sitemap.xml): French Hugo-generated content URLs.
- [Italian content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/it/sitemap.xml): Italian Hugo-generated content URLs.
- [Spanish content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/es/sitemap.xml): Spanish Hugo-generated content URLs.
- [Dutch content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/nl/sitemap.xml): Dutch Hugo-generated content URLs.
- [Polish content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/pl/sitemap.xml): Polish Hugo-generated content URLs.
- [Portuguese content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/pt/sitemap.xml): Portuguese Hugo-generated content URLs.
- [Swedish content sitemap](https://www.avanet.com/sv/sitemap.xml): Swedish Hugo-generated content URLs.

## Optional

- [Robots.txt](https://www.avanet.com/robots.txt): Crawl policy and sitemap declaration.
- [English homepage](https://www.avanet.com/en/): English site entry point.
- [French homepage](https://www.avanet.com/fr/): French site entry point.
- [Italian homepage](https://www.avanet.com/it/): Italian site entry point.
- [Spanish homepage](https://www.avanet.com/es/): Spanish site entry point.