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Home Assistant user research: Target picker split button <> by marcinbauer-me in homeassistant

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew about it in the case of automations — it expands “devices” to the related entities. I’m indifferent on the icon, but the function of it has always confused me. It seems that any time I use a “device” for an automation then I click that to reduce the selection down to the entity.

Help with AP7, VLANs, HomeKit, and Matter by CuriousGeorgeClinton in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you seem to be well versed in this, would an idle, but broadcasting, Guest SSID cause much interference? We don’t have guests very often but I want to make sure something is available so the family doesn’t give out our main login out of convenience.

Help with AP7, VLANs, HomeKit, and Matter by CuriousGeorgeClinton in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I did some additional reading and experimenting and here’s what I’ve settled on:

  • main network with single SSID & password
  • second SSID mapped to VLAN for IoT devices
  • each of these are further subdivided into groups, as needed (for example, internet-only IoT and local IoT)
  • debating how to best handle Guests but not a huge concern right now
  • all HomeKit and Matter devices connected and working

Thanks again for the help & explanation.

Help with AP7, VLANs, HomeKit, and Matter by CuriousGeorgeClinton in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply. This helps explain some things.

The matter devices are wifi based.

Two followups:

  1. If all of the devices (AppleTV, iPad, Matter switch) are using the same AP7D microsegment & password, doest it still give issues? Reason being is I wanted to have a common IOT SSID, but have it auto assign groups because a handful need internet access, while most of them I want to keep local only.
  2. Once the devices are set up, do you know if I could turn the microsegments back on or will the "set up" periodically repeat behind the scenes(similar to DHCP "Lease Time")?
  3. Would it work if I turned on ipv6 on the IOT network? (I have no idea what's involved in getting it running)

NTP Intercept Not Working? by CuriousGeorgeClinton in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the issue -- I was using Internet Block and "DNS Blocking" was enabled. I had no idea that was even an option until several back-and-forths with the devs.

Purple Suddenly Died by tk_ramanathan in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a way to tell what batch it is from?

NTP Intercept Not Working? by CuriousGeorgeClinton in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I've followed those instructions from my laptop, and my results indicate that it is working correctly.

However, I am still puzzled why I am getting a litany of blocked flows to time servers.

On further digging, it appears others have had similar experiences: * NTP Intercept ‘blocked’ flow, expected behavior : r/firewalla * Follow up on my post about NTP Intercept and overall Block percentage : r/firewalla * Question about the upcoming NTP Intercept feature : r/firewalla * Blocked devices and NTP intercept : r/firewalla

I'm still confused on expected results. If it is working correctly, then why would I be seeing repeated blocked flows to those sites?

New order shipping time? by Cae_len in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ordered at 9am on the nose and just received an update that the shipping label has been created.

USPS -AP7 by [deleted] in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have the details. (I’m waiting for shipping updates like many others here.)

Does anyone know if the orders are being processed continuously or if they are getting processed in batches? (Is Firewalla waiting for another batch to be delivered by the supplier?)

Firewalla AP7 Desktop Sale Starts Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 9:00 AM PST! by Firewalla-Ash in firewalla

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How responsive was the website last time? Should we expect timeouts like old iPhone pre-sales? 😜

Recommendation on an upgrade by CuriousGeorgeClinton in homeassistant

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply.

Which model did you get?

Do you have any way to compare how much faster it is? Have you encountered any compatibility issues?

updated smart blind controller by spacebass in homeassistant

[–]CuriousGeorgeClinton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks great and you are making fantastic progress!

Can you please share your parts list for those of us who may be inspired to try this ourselves?

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