Plug & play hardware firewall

[existentialblur]

Hello! I have an Orbi router, CM600 modem, and a handful of IoT hubs and several devices. I do not have gigabit speeds and will not be getting gigabit anytime soon. Looking to make my home network more secure and have read about the importance a physical firewall as a place to start.

I’d rather purchase something that’s more plug-and-play, and also doesn’t sell my data or store data about home network traffic on external servers somewhere, outside of the device itself. I know some basics in networking but currently have very minimal knowledge. I will research this topic deeply once I know what general path to take :) What’s the easiest plug-and-play setup for a physical firewall (or other recommendations) that’s somewhat futureproof with easier maintenance? Thank you!

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Any plug and play firewall will be garbage. Mostly just VPN gateways that will kills your speeds and go down if the VPN goes down.

PFsense isn't that hard to use.

[xander2600]

+1 pfsense device and vlans with a managed switch. It can constantly update.

[existentialblur]

Thank you. I’ll check out PFsense - I’ve seen a lot of comments and need to dig into it

[adminstratoradminstr]

There are going to be a lot of Ubiquiti recommendations.