C Appliance Behavior and Troubleshooting
This section contains information on the general behavior of Sophos appliance operations and
specific information on troubleshooting various aspects of Web Appliance deployment and
configuration.
C.1 Network Deployment Troubleshooting
The following is a list of known Web Appliance network deployment issues and their solutions.
"Blocked" Notification Page Lacks Graphics and a Stylesheet
Problem: If the "Blocked" notification page is displayed without any graphics and as raw HTML
without the formatting of a stylesheet, the problem can result from the following combination of
conditions in your network deployment:
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Your browser is configured to bypass use of the Web Appliance for your internal sites (for
example, the domain name of your Web Appliance would normally be bypassed).
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Your browser is configured with the Web Appliance’s IP address instead of its fully qualified
hostname.
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Your DNS server cannot resolve the Web Appliance’s IP address.
Solution: The best solution is to add the Web Appliance to your DNS server.
Firewall reports attachments stripped from Web
Appliance-generated email
Background: The Web Appliance provides a managed appliance experience that is enabled in
part by sending system status snapshots as email attachments to Sophos to ensure that your
Web Appliance is operating within acceptable thresholds.
Problem: Firewalls can strip attachments from Web Appliance-generated email.
Solution: To enable the Sophos managed appliance experience, configure your firewall to allow
email with attachments from the Web Appliance to
.
Long delays when loading web pages
Problem: If
is significantly increased when browsing through the appliance, the problem
may be due to an inappropriate Speed and duplex setting forced by enabling the auto-detect
option.
Solution: To test if this is the case, set one of the manual options in the Speed and duplex option
on the Configuration > Network > Network Interface page. If this change does not remedy the
high latency problem, reinstate the automatic option and contact Sophos Technical Support .
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