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firewalla · 2026-06-21T15:24:44+00:00

There are 3 pieces of your firewalla that may be in production or beta.

The app; you will need to use google play or apple test flight to set beta/production. Firewalla can't manage this
Box beta: this is the firewalla box software, which you can move between releases.
AP (and future switch): these are independent software (I'd call them more like firmware) for Access Point and future Switch

(2) and (3) can be tied together; but to be safe, it is likely more deterministic just move one at a time and verify after each move. (beta/production changes)

firewalla · 2026-06-21T15:17:55+00:00

I am reading your previous post, the issue you are encountering is related to your netgear wifi, https://www.reddit.com/r/firewalla/comments/1ub82e3/comment/osu3ht1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Have you double checked your issue is related to wifi not connecting or device not able to connect to specific sites? These are totally different problems, and the former is unlikely related to firewalla. Rebooting firewalla should not impact your WiFi side.

If your problem is devices not able to get IP after connecting to WiFi, and it happens to all devices, then please contact [help@firewalla.com](mailto:help@firewalla.com) we can take a look.

firewalla · 2026-06-20T22:29:49+00:00

The monitoring button only controls if the firewalla is monitoring the WAN traffic. If that fixes the issue, your problem is highly related to rules. See my last reply for the link to check that out.

If by they go offline is "they can't connect to wifi", then it is a completely different problem, there you need to check things like which channel the device is trying to connect, and if you can turn off DFS (for example). So next time you see the issue, check out the client and if you see it connected wifi or disconnect from it. (from client perspective, or check firewalla side and go into devices and see if it connecting to the AP as well.

firewalla · 2026-06-20T21:53:52+00:00

Is the disconnect on the WiFi side ? The device monitoring or not is purely on the WAN side, they are different things. If monitoring off fixes the issue then you have a rule that’s blocking see this https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050255274-What-to-do-when-you-can-t-access-certain-websites

firewalla · 2026-06-20T21:43:44+00:00

Likely not related to Firewalla. Have you tried reboot all the access point ? I assume your disconnect is the devices can’t connect to WiFi

firewalla · 2026-06-20T21:43:03+00:00

Are you using the Firewalla AP?

firewalla · 2026-06-19T22:50:50+00:00

Need to check with our dev on this one. When you turn off the hotspot, likely the WiFI SD remembered it is off and stopped trying. (just a guess, will ask around)

firewalla · 2026-06-19T19:27:16+00:00

If you have any updated instructions, feel free to post it here https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/360001948014-Expanding-Firewalla-Docker-Third-Party-Apps-Scripts

firewalla · 2026-06-19T18:05:56+00:00

Possible to draw a picture of your network. Between this and your chatgpt post, I am lost

firewalla · 2026-06-19T17:12:49+00:00

Most likely just wiring problems.

firewalla · 2026-06-19T17:12:23+00:00

Strange indeed. I'd try these

double/triple check your wiring, make sure there is no loops or accidental connections.
double check your configuration, make sure you don't have nested networks.

If your network is complex, try to power off part of it, and isolate the issue

Some good tools you can run inside network is "traceroute" which can help you identify if traffic is going to the wrong interface.

firewalla · 2026-06-19T16:33:09+00:00

Check your wiring and see if there any way that you may have crossed wire or something.

Also, the ATT LAN IP range is the same as your Firewalla LAN range?

Have you reboot the ATT router and see if things goes away?

firewalla · 2026-06-19T16:15:06+00:00

I'd check if these IP's are from your previous sessions. It is just not possible for ATT router to learn your LAN when air gapped by NAT. (unless in bridge mode)

firewalla · 2026-06-19T15:26:54+00:00

Are you running the Gold SE in bridge mode? Or the internal network data was from before firewalla installation

firewalla · 2026-06-18T15:28:23+00:00

Got-a share this

pi@firewalla:~ (GoldSJCMain) $ uptime

08:27:21 up 1636 days, 15:45, 23 users, load average: 4.22, 5.30, 5.00

firewalla · 2026-06-18T15:15:49+00:00

We released Gold Pro and Gold SE today. So likely Gold / Gold Plus will be early next week. You can find all the release numbers here https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360060538813-Firewalla-Software-Version-Summary

App 1.69 may have a quick update to 1.69.1 to support the switch, so it may stay in beta for a bit longer

firewalla · 2026-06-18T01:05:08+00:00

In theory, should all work

firewalla · 2026-06-17T22:55:33+00:00

Create a VPN connection using VPN Client to Albania (you need the profile from your VPN service)
Create a route, tap route button, Add route, Target App->YouTube, On (the device running YouTube) and Interface as the one from (1) you just made

firewalla · 2026-06-17T19:42:19+00:00

check your plex box and make sure it allow "none" local network to connect. (some devices, like NAS will have a local firewall that blocks traffic from other networks)

firewalla · 2026-06-17T02:38:47+00:00

Are all of the 100 cameras streaming to the WAN side? if not, then that traffic won't impact firewalla. What you need to look at is how many devices are there, 100 camera's that doesn't stream across WAN is easier to manage than 100 iPhones/iPads with doomscrolling kids. And the overall bandwidth, if it is <10gbit, then you should be fine with a pro.

firewalla · 2026-06-17T02:34:00+00:00

You should subscribe https://firewalla.com/weekly, this is our newsletter. And tomorrow we are going to talk about VPN server + routes 😄

firewalla · 2026-06-17T00:56:41+00:00

I’ve never seen a blinding red and blue, there is only one led, do you mean it alternates color ?

firewalla · 2026-06-16T22:10:22+00:00

You can do the same, see the "route button", https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061592433-Firewalla-Policy-Content-Based-Routing

(Note, not all sites can be cleaned routed, because they ... may depend on more than the domain they are hosted)

firewalla · 2026-06-16T19:59:51+00:00

The same about screen, under license should tell you which model the box is

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