USB ports?

[edmund]

I've just decided to upgrade from my very old PC chassis to the SG-4860 pfSense box - it's arriving Monday.  The SG4860 has a couple of USB ports - I'm wondering what these would be useful for on a firewall?  I'm just curious about them, does anyone use these?

[Guest]

I've just decided to upgrade from my very old PC chassis to the SG-4860 pfSense box - it's arriving Monday

Congratulation.

The SG4860 has a couple of USB ports -

Yes and this might be a good choice as I see it right.

I'm wondering what these would be useful for on a firewall?

Be patient and be sure this might be a good choice.

I'm just curious about them, does anyone use these?

And I am pretty sure that we use them all more or less.

• USB > Serial console
• USB pen drive re-installation or update/upgrade
• USB stick 3G/UMTS/HSPA/LTE modem for mobile or as a fall back case
• USB stick for logging and storing logfiles
• USB WLAN accessories usage
• USB GPS devices
• USB to LAN devices adapter
• USB temperature logger
• USB KVM switches

So you will see there are many cases a USB port should be fine to own.

[edmund]

Thanks for the reply - that sort of confirms what I'd suspected.