Firewalla's main packet processing engine has four different stages:

• Deep Insight: Make sense of all network traffic.  Dig deep and understand what they are.
• Active Protect: Intrusion detection services to detect bad things and Intrusion prevention services to block before bad things happen.
• Behavior analytics: See things from a different angle.
• Control: This is where you tell us what to do.  Applying sophisticated rules to control traffic flows.

From smart speakers to baby monitor cameras, there is no shortage of technology in your home for hackers to exploit. Firewalla sends automatic alerts and protects your devices from cyber threats.

• Detect, prevent and block active cyberattacks and intrusions
• Monitor for abnormal trends through intelligent behavior analytics
• Actively block malicious sites in real-time
• Continuously scan your home for security vulnerabilities and risks

Blocking Countries off your Network

Using GEO-IP Filtering, a technology that can block network traffic from entire countries, you can effectively stop hackers from remotely attacking your business or home network.   

New Device Quarantine

Protect your network by automatically place new/unknown devices in a Quarantine group.  You can apply any content filtering or rate limit rules to this Quarantine group.

Scan

Identify security risks across your network, including open ports and weak passwords.

Make Your Privacy a Priority with VPN

Are you comfortable sharing your data when using public Wi-Fi or traveling to regions where the internet is filtered or controlled?  Introducing Firewalla OpenVPN server, a VPN server that runs inside of your home or business without charging a monthly fee.

• Protects privacy when using public wifi
• No monthly fee or bandwidth throttling
• Surf the web virtually “at home”…from anywhere
• Bypass internet filtering and monitoring when traveling
• Supports both OpenVPN and WireGuard 

VPN Client:  Securely Connect to Any Device

• Connect any IoT devices like Apple TV to third-party VPNs
• Remotely connect your home devices to another Firewalla 
• Connect two sites together with a site-to-site VPN and access devices securely both ways
• Connect to and route to multiple VPN services. 

Say Goodbye to Annoying Ads

Website ads and trackers have been frustrating internet users for years. That’s why Firewalla's built-in ad blocker makes sure you don't see ads and the ads don't see you.  

• Block ads across all devices
• DNS cache to speed up all other lookups

Protect Your DNS

DNS over HTTPS

Traditionally DNS requests are sent in plain text between the client and the DNS server. DNS over HTTPS (DoH) sends DNS requests encrypted over HTTPS. It makes DNS exchange more secure and protects user privacy. 

Unbound

Unbound is a validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver, installed locally on the Firewalla box, which helps increase your online privacy and security.  

NTP Intercept: Securely Sync Time

Intercept NTP requests and process them locally on the Firewalla, reducing your network's risk exposure and saving bandwidth.

Parenting with Ease

Parenting is a tough job, but Firewalla makes things easier.  With a simple tap of a button, you can: 

• Restrict internet access
• Stop any devices from playing online games
• Block social networking
• Monitor online activity
• Receive online activity alerts
• Block malicious and adult content 
• Block popular applications
• Put any rules above in an automatic schedule

Safe Search

Safe Search is a feature used by major search engines like Google Search, YouTube, Bing, and DuckDuckGo to filter adult content out of search results.   If anyone enters an inappropriate or suggestive phrase in the search bar, the results will be filtered for offensive content.

 Take Back Family Time

Firewalla is committed to taking back family time from social networks. The “Social Hour” feature blocks all social networks for one-hour increments, giving you more time to spend with family.

Users

Track and limit app usage for a set of devices.

• See exactly when someone was using certain apps
• Set time limits for different activities

Powerful Rules Engine

Firewalla puts the power in your hands and gives you full control of your network. You can block web pages, cut off access to devices, and remove ads. You can even block sites by specific category types, like Gaming, Social, Video, Porn, Gambling, and P2P. 

• Block domains or domains with wildcards. 
• Block IP addresses and subnets
• Block activities such as gaming, social, video, porn, gambling, and p2p
• Block based on location and region
• Block any port
• Get notified when devices are online or offline
• Give exceptions to blocking rules

Regulate Network Traffic The Smart Way

Advanced Smart Queue + Rate Limit

Network Performance and Quality Monitoring

A better network is also a network that enables you with a much better experience. Firewalla is now providing tools to help you monitor and achieve better network performance.

• Wi-Fi / LAN performance
• WAN Performance
• Internet Speed
• Network Latency
• Network Packet loss

Network Segmentation

Firewalla Gold can create secondary firewalls within your home network through ‘network segmentation’.  Network segmentation divides your network into regions with dynamic and static policies/rules.

• Create a network segment for kids and employees with their own rules and policies.  You can limit access to the internet, filter activities, and more.
• Isolate critical devices into their own network.  Only permit devices like security cameras to talk to their own network.
• Create a secure guest network, in order to apply a high level of protection to your guests, and manage their activities in real-time.

Segment Lockdown

Actively quarantine any device and restrict its behavior on the network.  This feature works by blocking all traffic to and from any network segment, only allow selective sites or activities.    

• New devices connecting to the network will need approval
• Only allow school sites to be accessed
• Only allow access to the company network and email

Firewalla Gold Plus can operate in Router Mode, giving you the option to use the Firewalla Gold Plus as your main router using our mobile app.

Firewalla Gold Plus is a software-based router, managed by the same intuitive Firewalla app.  It has the capability to identify and shape your network based on rules you define, right at your fingertips.

• VLAN Support
• Static Routing
• PPPoE
• PPPoE over VLAN
• Triple Play Support
• DHCP 
• Static IP
• Multi-WAN

Difference between Firewalla Gold & Gold Plus