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3 ways to fortify your smart home network setup

July 12, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

It's 2022 and you have a smart home. Given all of the stories about IoT devices getting hacked or hijacked with malware, are your router and home network prepared to protect your home? If you have an older router or don't use advanced features of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: cybersecurity, Firewalla, guest network, iot, network monitoring, network security, routers, smart home

Don’t audit your smart home devices with a router. Use this instead.

March 27, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Sam called in with a question about managing the networked devices in his smart home. Specifically, he wants to get a list of the IP and MAC addresses in his smart home from his Nest mesh Wi-Fi router. Ideally, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: connected devices, Firewalla, google, mesh network, Nest Wifi, network monitoring, network security, smart home, WiFi

Firewalla Gold review: A router, network protector and more for the smart home

September 16, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 16 Comments

Last summer, I reviewed the Firewalla Blue, a small connected box that promised to help monitor and secure my smart home. I was very impressed by the device back then so when the company offered to loan me their new Firewalla Gold product, I jumped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: ad blocker, data security, Docker, Firewalla, HomeBridge, network monitoring, router, security, smart home, VPN

Where does your connected device data go? Firewalla tells you that and more.

July 24, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 6 Comments

If you’re reading this post, chances are you have one, if not several, IoT devices in your home. So how do you know that these connected devices are sending your data to the servers that you’d expect? The companies that make our video doorbells, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: data, Firewalla, Google WiFi, mesh networking, network monitoring, privacy, reviews, smart home, VPN, Wi-Fi

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