Firewall license renewals, vendor by vendor

WatchGuard

Firebox

Basic vs Total Security Suite, what stops working the day a Firebox license expires, the six-month back-dating rule, reinstatement fees, co-terming, end-of-life dates for T-series and M-series, and where the expiration date lives.

Fortinet

FortiGate

ATP, UTP, and Enterprise bundles, what keeps working and what stops when FortiGuard expires, why web filtering drops all traffic by default, the six-month back-dating rule, co-term quotes, end-of-order dates for the F-series, and where the expiration date lives.

SonicWall

TZ and NSa

Essential, Advanced, and Managed Protection suites, what SonicWall actually documents about expiry (and the TZ80 exception), retroactive activation and the reinstatement fee, free co-termination in MySonicWall, the six-phase product lifecycle, and where the expiration date lives.

Sophos

Sophos Firewall (XGS)

Xstream vs Standard Protection, what stops module by module when a Sophos Firewall subscription expires, the three-free-firmware rule, the Sophos Central requirement since March 2025, renewal start-date rules, XG and XGS lifecycle dates, and where the expiration date lives.

Cisco Meraki

MX, MR, and MS

Co-termination vs per-device licensing, the 30-day grace period and what shuts down after it, why late renewals get no back-dating, the co-term averaging math, MX edition differences, end-of-support dates, and the exact email warning schedule.

Palo Alto Networks

PA-Series

Threat Prevention, Advanced URL Filtering, WildFire, DNS Security and the Core Security bundle, exactly what freezes and what keeps working when a PA-Series subscription expires, why support renewals never get a gap, co-term by quote date, end-of-life dates for the PA-220, PA-800, and PA-3200, and where the expiration date lives.