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The XG Series hardware appliances will reach end-of-life (EOL) on March 31, 2025. Click here to see the XG to XGS migration documentation.

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Backup and restore wireless models

Restoring backups from wireless appliances to non-wireless appliances is supported in SFOS 20.0 and later, with some restrictions.

Compatible wireless models

You can back up and restore the following wireless desktop models:

  • Gen.2 XGS Desktop: XGS 88w, XGS 108w, XGS 118w, and XGS 128w.
  • Gen.1 XGS Desktop: XGS 87w, XGS 107w, XGS 116w, XGS 126w, and XGS 136w.
  • XG Series Desktop: XG 86w, XG 106w, XG 115w, XG 125w, and XG 135w.

Restore to non-wireless models

You can restore backups taken from any wireless appliance to a non-wireless appliance if you remove the wireless networks in the firewall before you take the backup.

Restore to wireless models

You can restore backups taken from XG desktop or Gen.1 XGS wireless desktop models to XG desktop or Gen.1 XGS wireless desktop models without restrictions.

You can restore backups taken from XG desktop or Gen.1 XGS wireless desktop models to Gen.2 XGS wireless desktop models with the following restrictions:

  • You can't have any SSIDs with a Security mode earlier than WPA2 assigned to LocalWifi0 or LocalWiFi1.
  • You can't have any SSIDs with Encryption set to TKIP or TKIP/AES assigned to LocalWifi0 or LocalWiFi1.
  • You can't use any wireless interface in a physical bridge.
  • You can't have more than eight unique SSIDs assigned to LocalWifi0 and LocalWiFi1.
  • If LocalWiFi0 and LocalWiFi1 are set to the same frequency band, the firewall only restores the LocalWiFi0 settings.

You can't restore backups taken from Gen.2 XGS wireless desktop models to XG wireless desktop or Gen.1 XGS wireless desktop models. The XG wireless desktop and Gen.1 XGS wireless desktop models don't support Wi-Fi 6.

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