Overview

Sophos Wireless v2.2.1-2 introduces a number of enhancements to improve the hotspot functionality. You can now customize the session time for each device which connects to a hotspot using social login and also configure the maximum device connection limit for voucher-based hotspots. Additionally, there are few bug fixes which will enhance the overall user experience.

New Feature/Enhancement :

Social Login with Session Timeout :

Using this feature an admin can set a time limit for network access of between 1 and 24 hours for users connecting to an SSID using social login through Facebook or Google. This feature also allows an administrator to prevent the user from logging back into the network for a 24 hour period once the allocated session time has expired to prevent continual use. The configuration page is shown in image-1 below.

Voucher with Device Limit :

When creating the vouchers for your hotspot you can now configure a limit for the number of device connections using a single voucher as shown in Image-2. The number of devices per voucher can be set to between 1 and 8. If more devices than the allocated limit try to connect, the user will be redirected to a hotspot login page and see an error message.

Synchronized Security for Sophos Mobile with yellow health state:

Synchronized Security with Sophos Mobile now has three health states similar to Security Heartbeat with Sophos Endpoint/Intercept X. You can configure a new status as ‘yellow’ which allows all internet traffic with a warning message when synchronized security identifies that a mobile device has violated a low severity compliance policy. This new status will be shown on the Wireless device page and also in Sophos Mobile as shown in Image-3 below.

Bug Fixes

Issue Key Summary CWIFI-11390 Synchronized Security: AP certificate is generated on every AP reboot CWIFI-11368 Session timeout: Intermittently connected clients never get disconnected post session expiry CWIFI-11190 Synchronized Security: Internet traffic was not blocked for Red state mobile devices if clients connect and disconnect multiple times CWIFI-11270 Sites: User unable to add more than 50 site entries. CWIFI-11338 Captive Portal : iOS-based clients don't get captive portal auto pop-up for custom logo configuration. CWIFI-11155 Rogue AP Detection: Neighboring networks scan is not performed on 5 GHz when a scan is triggered.

Known Issues