What are the USB ports on XG Firewalls for?

Question

Can they be used to connect a USB-based hotspot to the Firewall to provide for failover if the main WAN link goes down?

Aditya Patel · Accepted Answer

Hi Brian, 
 The USB Ports on the appliance is used to connect the Keyboard, Cellular 3G dongle, and Pendrive. You may use a Cellular Network Card to use as a Backup or Active Gateway. The interface is WWAN and can be configured on the XG appliance.

Aditya Patel · Answer

Hi Brian , 
 The dongle needs to be compatible to Linux in order to operate on XG

lferrara · Answer

Brian, 
 at the moment XG does not support USB network card. 
 http://ideas.sophos.com/forums/330219-sophos-xg-firewall/suggestions/10626648-add-support-to-usb-nic 
 At the moment the USB can be used to connect a keyboard/mouse. 
 Regards

lferrara · Answer

Jason, 
 you can find the list here: 
 http://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/v16053/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/index.html#page/onlinehelp%2FWhatsNew.html%23 
 Regards

lferrara · Answer

Jason, 
 from the online guide you can find all the info: 
 http://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/v16052/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/index.html#page/onlinehelp%2FWirelessWANStatus.html%23 
 Make sure next time to create a proper thread. One question per thread. 
 Regards