Am I Using Groups Wrong?

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remotebloke

• March 31, 2021 21:04

Hi,  

New owner of a gold here.  I'm not sure if I'm not using groups as intended, or simply missing some functionality, but they seem quite limiting to me.

For example, I've created a group for each of my kids.  But say I need to disable internet access for one device in my sons group, I can't do that, it impacts the whole group.  But, I need to group devices together as that is the most efficient way to safeguard access for my kids.  Is there a way to stop this happening?

Is anyone else using groups in this way, or can offer alternative ways of using groups?

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  Firewalla

  • March 31, 2021 21:58

  At the moment when a device is in a group, the device will take on the policy from the group.  So if you block a group, the device will be blocked. 

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  remotebloke

  • April 01, 2021 09:17

  Are there any plans to change this?  Currently the usefulness of groups is limited if I can't isolate a device without impacting the entire group.

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  Firewalla

  • April 01, 2021 16:51

  Yes, I believe there is a work item, let me +1 to that request. 

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  Abbas Jaffar Ali

  • April 10, 2021 10:47

  I have a similar situation as OP and what I have done is created a group called "Jail" where I temporarily move a device that I need to block off the network. 

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  Dc-firewalla

  • April 18, 2024 19:13

  +1 to support per-device rules layered with per-group rules.  Making per-device rules mutually exclusive with per-group rules is not flexible enough when there are many devices and many rules.  And "many" doesn't have to be very large at all before the current functionality becomes a problem.

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  Firewalla

  • April 18, 2024 22:53

  We are going to open up restrictions on this soon. I know one person is writing a github issue for it. To prevent people from killing themselves, this may be a multi-part implementation . 

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  Gary Sargent

  • October 04, 2024 10:25

  Is there any update on this?

  I have some devices in a group. I can create a rule that applies to the group, but not a single device that is a member of the group.

  I want both group level and individual rules.

  Also a device can only be in one group, not multiple groups.

  Why do these restrictions exist? Surely allowing the above offers more flexibility?

   

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  Firewalla

  • October 04, 2024 16:57

  1.63 should start to open up things. See https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/33593251739283-Firewalla-App-Release-1-63-Search-Rule-Status-New-Social-Hour#01J874GSY8XSNGC5YWZPPB8CK1

   

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