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If you're old and grumpy[1] and don't want a homelab but paradoxically want homelab functionality, I can't recommend the Firewalla[2] enough. And heck, it would fit right into a homelab situation, as well.

It allows you to go deep into settings and configure anything to your heart's content. But, if you want to ignore it for a year and not mess with it, it will run as smoothly as an Eero or a similar consumer product like that.

I have a Purple model[3]. I initially balked at the price, but it performs well, and there hasn't been a single day in the past couple years where I've regretted it or looked at something else.

It supports just about any router feature. Has robust and easy to configure device/family profiles. The quality of the Firewalla software and the mobile app is excellent.

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1. I manage a quite large WAN during the day. I don't want to do it at night, too.

2. https://firewalla.com/

3. https://firewalla.com/products/firewalla-purple



I've seen it mentionned on hn before and was intrigued as a replacement/simpler solution to a home pfsense setup. It seems there are issues with it though: https://old.reddit.com/r/firewalla/comments/18wvlqa/steer_cl...

The software is open source apparently? https://github.com/firewalla/firewalla Anyone running this on their own hardware? Or in a VM homelab :) ?




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