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XG firewall, can't say I'm impressed

Sci-Tek

Attempted today to swith out the old UTM with XG firewall (home use). Been using this product since Astaro 4.7 (I think), and loved it since day one.

And I can't really say I'm impressed with XG firewall. The GUI is messy while im sure the touch fanboys will love it, personally I hate it. 

There don't seem to be a option to see live log. It could be that I didn't look good enough tho. 
Country blocking, couldn't get it to work. Don't know if it was even supposed to work. 
Specifying FW rules was horrible. I think I actually prefer Windows firewall rule adding to this. 

Reporting was powerfull and I can see thats a improved area.

Unfortunatley the XG firewall named Batman was decapitaed and nuked from orbit. Atleast I tried and wanted to like it.



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    I have used UTM for many years at home and it has done everything that I asked of it. Moving from IPFire, it was a sure step in the right direction. I built a new server a few months ago and decided to give XG a try. I have it 90% functional, but cannot get over how much I dislike the GUI. Everything just seems more difficult using XG. Today I made the decision to switch back to UTM. Live log is part of the 10% I cannot seem to live without. I am with you - I tried, gave it my all - but just do not like it. The UTM interface and product is far more functional, IMO. Note to other home users looking to make the change - I recommend you wait until XG has more time to be an actual step up from UTM 9.x.

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    I have used UTM for many years at home and it has done everything that I asked of it. Moving from IPFire, it was a sure step in the right direction. I built a new server a few months ago and decided to give XG a try. I have it 90% functional, but cannot get over how much I dislike the GUI. Everything just seems more difficult using XG. Today I made the decision to switch back to UTM. Live log is part of the 10% I cannot seem to live without. I am with you - I tried, gave it my all - but just do not like it. The UTM interface and product is far more functional, IMO. Note to other home users looking to make the change - I recommend you wait until XG has more time to be an actual step up from UTM 9.x.

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