Firewalla Purple Thoughts
Вставка
- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- I have had this Firewalla Purple for a while. It is an interesting device. I go thru a few things that might help you decide if you want to put it in your network.
Thanks for watching Graya Overload.
#Firewalla - Наука та технологія
Tempted to get one so doing some research/homework. Your video was cery helpful, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
You brought up a few salient points about this. Making it sort of the central piece of your network in theory from a security standpoint is a good idea but at the same time it feels like it's trying to do too many things. I've gotten a little bit more aggressive with pihole and unbound but I keep trying to convince myself to buy one of these devices just to mess with it and that's a little expensive for something I might not actually use
I have the Firewalla Purple and luv it! Like you, I was hesitant at first to set this in router mode since I already have a pretty expensive router that I painstakingly configured that is specific to my network needs. But it has been stated by Firewalla that if you want to take full advantage of this device, you have to set it up in router mode.
I was feeling adventurous that day so I did set it up in router mode. Before doing that though, I backed up all my router and network configuration so that I can go back to how I have it set up before in case something went wrong. I only have a 400+Mbit Internet connection but I do have a 10Gbit local area speed thanks to my 10Gbit switch and 10Gbit NAS'es and PCs with 10Gbit network adapters. All the devices that needs 10Gbit speed is connected to the 10Gbit switch. Having the Firewalla Purple as router mode doesn't affect the flow of my network. I feel that it even improved it. It was even much easier to configure port forwarding on the Firewalla than on my router. It intelligently routes traffic without mistakes depending on what port is used.
I now don't regret using my Firewalla Purple in router mode. My old router is now being used as an access point that also provides wifi to my network. 10Gbit works where it is needed the most--between my PCs & NAS'es. There is no slowdown to my network at all.
I also get what your saying about Firewalla breaking your network like in your example if the DNS is not resolved or it is down. This is why I use multiple DNS providers. This has happened to me recently. Not because of Firewalla but the actual DNS I was using (Cloudflare) went down. I could hardly believe Cloudflare went down and broke all my browsers that is configured to use DNS over HTTPS using Cloudflare DNS servers only. My Firewalla Purple on the other hand hasn't went down yet. It might slow down at times but I find that most of the time this is due to my Internet provider than the Firewalla device.
Thanks for your experience.
I may have to try it in router mode. I still think they need to make bridge mode more feature rich.
The dns going down has been a pain. In my current setup I have fail over with a different dns for the ISP which works great. I would enjoy a 2.5Gb device so it can support my internet better. I do notice with gig they over prevision and I get a nice bump over gig.
The purple is more of a travel router.... As a travel router... it rocks. I have 2 gold models, and they are incredible.
So this product is very successful because it fills a niche. In your scenario you're running equipment that requires a LOT more setup and requires more money, of course it's not going to compete because that's not what it's designed to do. The price you pay is for having a simple device that fills the majority of home networks that provides feature sets people are looking for (such as deep packet inspection and what that allows you to do/see).
Good overall critque of why it's not necessarily the device for your network, but overall does what it sets out to do :).
Cool review. You sound like Nate Bargatze.
how very timely! I just purchased one to hopefully get around some ISP issues.
Let me know if it works. I have been trying to get around an issue for someone.
@@GrayaOverload it works.
I am using firewalla purple and i m impressed with it's performance. I m using it as router mode.
I got the Gold plus with 2.5gigabit WAN/LAN. Its awesome combined with my 2.5 Moca and Ethernet setup. The purple is fine if you have a smaller network. I have 90 devices so it would not have worked as my main router.
Very cool, do you run in router mode?
I haven't ran the purple in router mode but for a gig connection it is fine. Here we don't have faster internet choices.
I don't think there is a device limit on each just a connection speed.
Thanks for your video on Firewalla. Not many indepth videos on this device.
I'm upgrading from the Firewalla Blue plus that I connected in simple mode, to the Purple that I want to connect in router mode. I have a TP-Link Ax21 router that I'll switch to an access point.
My question is when I connect the Firewalla Purple LAN side to the now TP Link access point do I connect it to the LAN or WAN of the TP Link.
Much appreciate your videos! Stay well!
I will have to check that out. When you put the tplink in access point mode did it tell you what to use?
@@GrayaOverload Actually I just pre ordered the new Firewalla Purple SE that hasn't shipped yet so haven't switched the TP Link router over to an access point. I'm just trying to get everything in order so when it arrives it won't take all day.
@@AAtta-3286 Sounds good. Let me know how it goes.
It's been three months since your comment, so you probably have figured this out by now, but you connect your Firewalla LAN to your AP (TpLink) WAN port.
@@talhashah Thank you for your response. Even after 3 months it's reassuring I did it right . The Firewalla Purple SE is working great! So good to have it working in router modem, much less issues. Wish there were more videos on Firewalla. Thanks again
Is there have any limitations on Wi-Fi devices or Lan devices (if I plugged a switch behind firewalla)
No, I had this in bridge mode where my ap's and switches were all behind it.
is it storing data on device or sends anything to china? did you notice anything ?
Data stays on the device from what I have seen so far.
Does it work between isp/modem and nvr? I know modem has a built in firewall i think but i don't think that it's robust enough.
Yes, it can. I would use it as your router and not the isp one.
@@GrayaOverload ok, one last question which is, will it disrupt my preexisting wireless connections from modem to tv's and computers or does everything have to go through firewalla as a router?
@@peterg6551 The won't be as long as you don't change anything with your wireless. Do you have a wireless setup outside of ISP provide equiptment?
No i don't, just one basic isp/modem. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions.
@@peterg6551 In this case the firewalla will be in basic mode but still be able to watch the traffic. Everything in your network will stay the same, you are just adding in the firewalla. I hope that make sense. For your setup up basic mode makes sense.
To add more information if you ever go down the road and get wireless access points, switches, etc, even a different router. you can use the firewalla in different modes example bridge or router mode depending on your setup. I hope I didn't confuse you.
I just want one with Gig speed to put before my Orbi mesh router
What happens to your existing router if you use this?
Can I use this as
Modem > Firewalla > Netgear Router
Or can you add this to your router ?
There are different options both work.
in the first one your netgear router you can set it to AP mode and then use the firewall as the router
in the second one you can plug it in your router and use it in simple mode.
Firewalla has a doc you can read on all the different modes. Let me know if you have questions on them.
@@GrayaOverload thank you. I’ll look it up.
My wife and I have different ISPs. I need to have my connection provide IP info like I'm on her network. Can Firewalla do this?
I don't know if this will help you. I am trying to visualize what you are trying to accomplish. Some more details would help. I have a UDM pro that allows me to have mutiple ISP and use it as a load balancing or backup. I belive their Gold model also allows 2 ISP. The setup side of forcing your wife and you to a different ISP I haven't tried. Probably could do that thru routing.
@@GrayaOverload I can DM you... somehow? Or possibly email, but I'd prefer to keep it basic here in YT.
To say it another way. I need to broadcast an IP address that indicates I am using the Comcast modem.
Yes, you can email me i have my email on my about page.
Can i still use the VPN function while it’s in Simple / Dhcp mode?
Yes i have used the VPN function in simple mode.
@@GrayaOverload what do you recommend, router mode or simple / dhcp mode for best VPN performance? Plus if i want to port forward to a computer do i have to set up port forwarding on the router/modem to firewalla then on firewalla to the computer??
What is your current network setup? Have you looked at the router mode?
@@GrayaOverload I just ordered one so I haven’t even received it yet. Just ideas for when I receive it. I am buying it for the vpn function and port forwarding
I was interested in your current setup so I had an idea of what it looked liked. The router options could be a better bet for your setup. You could use it for more then the vpn and use some of the security and other features.
If you need more gigabit support then you must try firewalla gold.
That isn't a solution, you have limitations. Firewalla even states them.
Hackers love my wifi.. would this help in protecting it?
This helps on a network level. I hope that helps.
If you want to go in to more on what you attacks you have probably can give better guidance.
@@GrayaOverload They keep hacking my wifi and ring cameras... they stole my data and have an access to my apartment since the mai tainted guy in building is involved
@@Thor11th I have been thinking about this. While this would help with external stuff might be a good addition in general. I am interested in how they got your wifi password and ring camera login. I don't use ring but from what i have seen that is cloud only storage. What router are you using now? With this as your router you could restrict access to you network to just your devices.
@@GrayaOverload Here are some of my findings:
-They have people working in internet service provider companies who help them out.
-They use experts from dark web.
-They use private investigators.
-They get hackers m/intruders apartments in same building you live in and constantly attack your security parameters.
-Usually in such buildings they influence maintainence people/management to have access to apartments.
-Plan of attack is crafted using psychological strategies as well so when you call police, you're deemed as paranoid.
My wifi router is the one came with connection so I haven't really changed it. I think they hack accounts by using old school tactics as well which is simply by using personal.information.
My phone has been hacked too several times. They keep send me malicious links and "Amazon phone calls".
I know who these guys are though.
@@Thor11th So you are really talking network level and not wifi. Then this would be something to be added in to harden and protect your network.
As for your ring doorbell stop using cloud ones if you are concern about your data. There are locally recording ones out there.
You might want to put in your own network as well, router, access points, switches.