In 2015, our founder’s baby monitor camera was hacked and he realized that there were some serious discrepancies between real-world security and online security:

For many of his friends, family members, and very smart neighbors, the answer to the above questions was no, so the founder of Firewalla gathered a team and decided to act.

In 2017, we introduced the Firewalla Red on Kickstarter and Indiegogo,  giving you visibility and control to protect your network.

In 2018, we introduced the Firewalla Blue on Indiegogo, making cyber security more powerful at 500 Mbits.   We introduced VPN client, Safe Search, and Geo IP filtering free upgrades.

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With these new and exciting technologies coming up

You will need a security device that can handle more than Gigabit, and has more interfaces to protect your digital things at home and work.

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The Firewalla Security Stack

• Deep Insight helps you see the network at up to 3+ Gigabits per second.
• Control your network with intrusion prevention (IPS) and network segmentation, adding virtual walls around your connected devices and lock them down. 
• Active Protect Rules blocks malicious sites, mitigates hacks and enhances security.

Easy to Install

Simple to Use

Sophisticated security and networking features are a couple of taps away.

Powerful Hardware

> 3 Gigabits Performance For Now and the Future

The Firewalla Security Stack is the same software that’s been powering the Firewalla Red and Blue since 2017.  The same features will be brought over to power the Gold.

Cyber Security

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

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

Bandwidth Usage Insights

Worried about Internet usage limits or network performance issues? Firewalla Deep Insight provides a summary of hourly, daily or monthly usage, allowing you to dig deep into any device and see the IP or domain address consuming bandwidth and stop it.

• Hourly, daily, and monthly bandwidth usage summary
• Per device bandwidth usage stats
• Deep dive into any device
• Identify which domain is consuming the bandwidth
• Tap to block

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.

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

VPN Client:  Securely Connect to Any Device

With Firewalla’s VPN Client, you can connect any device or devices in your network to many OpenVPN based services.  

• 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

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

Advanced GEO-IP Filtering

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. 

 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.

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.  

Examples:

• 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 can be installed with most routers in Simple Mode (plug and play mode) without changing existing wiring, around 5 min.

In case you have multiple routers, you will be able to use the advanced simple mode to have the same Firewalla Gold monitor and manage multiple routers on your network.

In addition to the traditional Simple and DHCP modes, Firewalla Gold includes a third “Router” mode.  You now have the option to do a plug and play install complementing your current network or redesign your network with the Firewalla Gold as the main router using our mobile app. 

Firewalla Gold 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.

• Per Device and Per activity QoS / Rate Limit
• Multi-WAN Load balancing 
• VLAN Support
• Static Routing
• PPPoE
• More router features are to be released in phases

Learn more about the Firewalla Security Stack

• Manual Pages
• Youtube Tutorials

The Firewalla team is made up of former Cisco engineers with a desire to use our experience in networking and cybersecurity to secure the world’s internet.  We believe powerful cybersecurity options should be accessible, affordable, and easy to use. We are a small team, with a shared passion for architecture, design, and keeping our customers happy.

This is our third crowdfunding.  We have delivered thousands of units in the two previous campaigns, on time and early.   We truly enjoy the journey of working with great customers like you.  Together, we secure the world. 

Come and join the Journey

Securing the World 

Make online protection easier with this very powerful, multi-gigabit, smart firewall today.

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Progress / Status

Fast Pairing Firewalla Gold and Gold Running!

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Notes

1. Firewalla Gold comes with a default power cable with a USA plug. For customers outside of the USA, we are offering the UK, Europe, or Australia style power cables as add-ons during checkout.   The power cables used are standard, very likely you already have a few stashed somewhere.  

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