Firewall REDs

Interfaces for firewall REDs specify network settings.

RED

Branch name
Branch office where the firewall RED is located.
Type
Role that the firewall plays in a client/server configuration.
Tip Select Firewall RED client/server when you want to create a site-to-site tunnel between two Sophos XG Firewall devices.
Tip Select Firewall RED client/server legacy when you want to create a site-to-site tunnel between Sophos XG Firewall and Sophos UTM.
Tunnel ID
Tunnel identifier.
Firewall IP/hostname
Public IP address or hostname of the firewall.
Provisioning file
File containing the configuration data to be provided to the client firewall.

RED network settings

RED IP
IP address of the firewall RED.
Zone
Zone assigned to the interface.
Tunnel compression
Compress tunnel traffic. Data compression can increase the throughput of RED traffic in regions with slow internet connections.