pfSense HA + USG-XG-8 config possible?

Networking & Firewalls
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Hi!
First at all I watch your videos now for some month an i really love it. It is really useful and well done.
I just want to know if there would be a solution for my prob:

Before I start I need to tell a bit about my network >> For my Network I used pfSense since the beginning (before I used the m0n0wall ;)).
I came in touch with ubnt because I had some nice 2,4Ghz and 5Ghz routs between 800 m and 12 km :wink: (over a mountain 1200 m high). I used Airgrids,… Then I tried the Unifi Wlan, Cloud key,… and I loved it. Last but not least I received the USG-XG-8 (because I have a 10G network) and my first impressions was very nice. But after playing around a bit I found out that the USG is not really a clever replacement for my pfSense. So may options are beta or not onboard os far. ;(
After whating hours and hours of your pfSense Videos I am back to pfsense. I want to build a pfsense HA system (2x HPE DL360 with 24 GB Ram SSDs an 2x10G LAN +4x1G). So far so good.

But iam really sad putting my USG-XG-8 to the shelf without any function. So now comes my question:
Do you see reasonable configuration where I can use the USG-XG-8 behind the pfsense HA?.

Thanks for your help. Greetings from Austria :wink:

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Thanks for joining the forums! To my knowledge, the USG does not support HA so it would become the weak link in your setup.

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THX Tom for the fast reply. Deep inside I knew that this will be your answer. What a pity for the USG but ok.
So I will do it without the USG and just take the pfSense HA.
Other question: do you know some pfsense packages who give me some more graphics like the USG? For example the “Traffic Stat” is really nice on USG.

Have a nice day.

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I had a USG before I went to pfSense… ended up selling my USG because I didn’t think I could put it to good use.