Moving house with Firewalla Purple SE

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Mark Bannister

• July 08, 2024 11:18

I've moved house and have a different ISP and different IP addresses, but all the same devices inside the house. Is it possible to get the Purple SE to work with the new network without a factory reset and if so, how? I'd like to avoid factory resetting and losing all my device rules if possible.

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  Firewalla

  • July 08, 2024 16:54
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  If your new house ISP is DHCP based (same as your old ISP), it will just be plug-and-play... no need to do anything. (just plug the purple SE in ... that's yet)

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  Firewalla

  • July 08, 2024 16:55

  Also, even if the WAN side is different (say you have PPPoE), you can get just close to the purple SE and then configure the WAN. (there is no need to do reset)

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  Mark Bannister

  • July 10, 2024 10:27

  Thanks, I got it working but it wasn't plug-and-play. I've been using DHCP mode because I have been unable in the past to get router or bridge mode working. The firewall had a static IP which was now on the wrong subnet, so I was unable to communicate with it once plugged into the new ISP router. However, I could communicate with the firewall over Bluetooth, which was neat, and successfully changed its static IP configuration to something that would work on the new network.

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  Firewalla

  • July 10, 2024 16:42

  Are you still running the firewalla "dhcp" mode? if you are, best change to router mode; the "dhcp" mode was made for single port units, with dual or quad (or more) ports, router mode is the most flexible mode

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