Sophos XG: How to reboot a XG managed Sophos Access Point

As with the UTM, it’s also possible to reboot specific access points from XG with the AWETOOL command:

Log into the command line interface (CLI) as follow:
1. Login with username: admin
2. Enter the admin password
3. Use Option 5 for Device Management
4. Use Option 3 for Advance shell
Type the following command to connect to the Access Point’s console from the XG’s console:awetool
The following screen appears:
Select option 1 to list the available APs.
Select the AP you would like to reboot.
Click on Ok.
The below screen appears, type there y to connect to the AP.
You’re now connected to the AP.
Type the command reboot to restart the AP

2 Comments

Peter Verhoeven 16/10/2019 at 09:36

Why so much difficult? Why not in The XG firewall, Wireless, Access points and be able to restart the AP trough a restart setting on the specific Acces point tab? Is has been asked on the Sugestion and ideas website of Sophos for so many times?

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1. Martin (Post author)17/10/2019 at 10:50
  
  I agree, that would be a wanted feature, it should be fairly simple to fix.
  
  Regards Martin
  
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