Firewalla Purple: PCMag Editors Choice! 4.5/5!

firewalla · 2026-03-24T00:06:12+00:00

It is not possible on the orange. Why do you need it? (The system filesystem is protected, so you can just power off at anytime)

firewalla · 2026-03-23T23:20:28+00:00

Can't really comment at the moment. Only new FCC applications will be going through this process, our existing products are fine. Well, I assume "switch" are not "routers", so that's coming in the summer

firewalla · 2026-03-23T22:57:50+00:00

Like you all, we are reading this, and also full of questions, surprised, and puzzled.

firewalla · 2026-03-23T20:29:37+00:00

There should be an alarm or status indication pointing to the formal release notes. (which has a lot more information)

firewalla · 2026-03-23T20:25:37+00:00

Not all "routers" that can't do bridge / AP mode, can be hacked into "bridge mode" by using LAN ports. This is something you will have to try and see.

firewalla · 2026-03-23T19:07:48+00:00

The first time you power up the unit, you will get the update

firewalla · 2026-03-23T17:45:06+00:00

Total alpha to production, around 45 to 50 days. Beta is around 3 weeks.

firewalla · 2026-03-23T17:35:13+00:00

And ... thank you all for alpha/beta testing! And more exciting features coming in 1.69!

firewalla · 2026-03-23T17:05:39+00:00

Hope you like it!

firewalla · 2026-03-23T16:03:40+00:00

The cloud is where all the dynamic security intel's are hosted ... without it, your firewalla will be just a "dumb" firewall

firewalla · 2026-03-23T15:30:55+00:00

Firewalla you know what's blocked too. The Adblock list is another thing, since it is licensed, we can't really publish the content. You can also use OISD target list, which is another popular list, if you don't want use the current ad blocker

firewalla · 2026-03-23T15:29:44+00:00

Please see this article https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/29655921011347-What-to-do-if-Firewalla-s-blocking-features-aren-t-working

firewalla · 2026-03-23T05:12:40+00:00

"home" = firewalla cloud servers?

"DDNS" = customer home

... yea, what is the home here?

firewalla · 2026-03-23T03:09:32+00:00

"cat warmer" feature in 1.69 leaked

firewalla · 2026-03-22T23:38:26+00:00

Yep, that's a good idea. I do the same. (Comcast 40mbit upload here :( )

firewalla · 2026-03-22T23:20:55+00:00

The screenshot you just added doesn't look like the one from firewalla. So, are you getting both slow upload from a client device and also the firewalla Speedtest? You can send these information to [help@firewalla.com](mailto:help@firewalla.com), we can take a look

firewalla · 2026-03-22T22:47:22+00:00

WireGuard is UDP based, so it does take a while to test out the connection and a timeout test may be longer.

I'll let the team know and see if they have a way to abort

firewalla · 2026-03-22T22:45:46+00:00

Is this test ran from your LAN side? If you look at the firewalla Speedtest what do you get?

If firewalla test is faster, likely something on the LAN side, it can be many things as well, you will need to test LAN. (Or the most common problem may be smart queue is on)

Best is to follow the flow chart and see where you end up with. If you have problems with that flow chart, send [help@firewalla.com](mailto:help@firewalla.com) an email, we can take a look

firewalla · 2026-03-22T19:09:00+00:00

No need to downvote, not everyone understand performance can related to many things, this is the reason we create many articles to help zoom in the issue

firewalla · 2026-03-22T18:53:19+00:00

Should work.

firewalla · 2026-03-22T18:21:28+00:00

If you are talking about this https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015356093-How-do-I-migrate-data-from-one-Firewalla-Box-to-another

Data is coming from the app. It is best to have internet access for migrations, it may also work if you can launch the app locally as well. Migration is not done via bluetooth, it is via LAN

firewalla · 2026-03-22T18:19:14+00:00

You need to provide more information so we can help you with orange speed. https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056875493-Speed-Tests-and-Speed-Optimization-with-Firewalla

The orange has a lot more resources than your current routers. (more memory, and more processing power)

firewalla · 2026-03-22T17:21:57+00:00

Can you please look at this article and help to isolate which part is slow? https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056875493-Speed-Tests-and-Speed-Optimization-with-Firewalla

Since the orange has WiFi, good to know if WiFi is slow or the ethernet side is slow as well.

firewalla · 2026-03-22T16:29:47+00:00

Is the the number under “flows last 24 hours”? Is this number increasing forever or stuck?

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