After doing a bit of research it looks like this is most likely related to the "Atom C2000 Series Bug" which is addressed (although not by name) here. Netgate appears to have a replacement program that covers affected devices for up to 3 years, however this bug is most likely to cause a failure after 3 years. My device has failed just shy of the 4-year mark, so it looks like I am SOL. If you are reading this and have a device that may be affected but still within the 3-year replacement period, I would recommend rebooting it early and often to make sure you are eligible for the replacement when the hardware does finally fail.

@stephenw10 I've sent you a link to the files.

That should work on port 8 as you have it configured there as long as you're using lagg0.100 as the assigned interface for the WAN. Steve

Thank you both. My SG-5100 just arrived today, so tonight's going to be fun, replacing the SG-1100.

(0x) F8 on the internal display (port 80) is the expected last thing displayed when it boots correctly. Check the second virtual comport for diagnostic info, that should always display something. The port 80 output is also shown there together with thermal values and CPU error values. Steve

Were you able to resolve this? I have no idea why you were blocked but I have now whitelisted your address so please open a ticket or email support@netgate.com and we can get you that firmware. Steve

Hmm, well you might try creating a partition with gpart. I would think that will create a new table if it cannot read one. You could then just leave that or try removing it. Steve

Thanks, I'll base the build based on that configuration. I know that I didn't specified the budget, but this is around $500 over of what I was planning to spend.

Just an update on this for anyone interested. This ended up being an issue on the Unifi switch side due to what appears to be a bug in the 4.3.13.11253 USW-Pro firmware. For some reason it was blocking tagged traffic from ix0.100 on the trunk port from reaching the untagged switch ports assigned to VLAN 100.

Hi all, Thanks for your input. I finally: contacted with NetGear Support got access to the lastest official image (2.4.5_p1) backed up the router installed the pfSense image restored the image and the problem was solved. I had tried, out of desperation, trying to switch back to the 2.4.4 train, but to no avail. I had no chance of trying @Tuco 's suggestion, which looks like a good solution to the problem. Thanks to everybody for chiming in.

Fixed, required firmware flash.

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-3100/reinstall-pfsense.html -Rico

Response from Netgate Support: "Powering that device with the USB port should be fine." Chris

@raboud do you think this is enough for your part ?! begin to describe your problem accurately, etiquette is very important just so you write in a nearly 1 year old thread..... -What would you like to know? -since there have been a lot of updates in 1 year, it may no longer be up to date what you would like to know ++++++ @Derelict Just forget about OPT1 being a member of the switch VLAN. That XG-7100 unit has a built-in switch. Bridging that with OPT1 will only slow things down as you will no longer be using switch hardware but will be using a software/CPU bridge. If you need OPT1 connected to a switch, connect it to a switch. If you absolutely need those XG-7100 ports to be on the same broadcast domain as OPT1, I would disable the trunk links back to pfSense (no 9t,10t tagged ports on the built-in switch on that VLAN) and patch it to your external switch.

@akuma1x said in How reliable is the XG-7100?: That's what the OP already ordered, an HA pair. d'oh! Read right past that first sentence.

Thanks for the info

@kiokoman thanks

@Gertjan thanks for trying that out. Eventually, I've restored a pfsense config backup since 1 month ago. I changed the password for pppoe and now it just worked. I still don't know what I did wrong the first time I tried but the important thing is that now I have pfsense correctly configured and working. Thanks for the support! G.

@jimp Thank you! Since I don't have an SG-5100 yet, I couldn't do that. Thanks for the verification. ADD TO CART

I believe you need a PCIe if you want to use the internal SIM slot. I think the USB ones are external ones anyway. Unfortunately, I don't have own experience (I have an SG-5100 as well, but I have no need for mobile broadband there), but none of the PCIe modems that I quickly checked seem to have a SIM slot. They are usually used in devices like notebooks that have the SIM slot separately as well (for the same reason, to have it at the right place to be accessible). I think one of the most important aspects when selecting a modem from the list are the mobile network standards (e.g. 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G) and the best set of frequency bands for your country.