Confused about VPN

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Richard Lee

• July 03, 2019 01:21

Hi all,

I’ve tried to find the answer to this question but I’m struggling.

I wanted to know if you can use the Firewalla as an external VPN. I get you can connect to your home network from elsewhere but I want to be able to encrypt my data from my ISP to get round blocks.

Is the currently possible or will it be on the Firewalla blue?

Thanks.

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  Firewalla

  • July 03, 2019 06:10

  That's called VPN Client, you use firewalla to encrypt and you will need a "VPN" provider to talk to.  VPN providers are outside our scope, they do cost extra. (we do not sell services)

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  Richard Lee

  • July 03, 2019 07:28

  Yea I understand that I need a VPN provider. What I am asking is can the providers details be put into Firewalla so my traffic is routed through the VPN provider via the device?

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  Firewalla

  • July 03, 2019 07:41

  Yes, you can.  This is our VPN client feature.  You pretty much can send any device to VPN.  Given a set of conditions.  Now the VPN client feature needs a bit of bug fix, we are doing that now.  Hopefully, in 2 to 4 weeks, we have a better solution.  (Current one is a bit broken ...)   You should see commits or upgrade messages in beta first 

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  Paul Falkowsky

  • May 31, 2020 21:19

  Did this feature ever get tweaked and running? I have a firewalla red

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  Bob O'Hara

  • May 31, 2020 21:46

  The Red does run the VPN server. Use an OpenVPN client to connect to it.

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  Takashi Oizumi

  • June 01, 2020 20:47

  Does firewalla have VPN Client built-in? Want all traffic in-out on the device to go through a 3rd-party VPN service. What protocols does it support? Looking to see if I can use it to replace my DD-WRT router.

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  Firewalla

  • June 01, 2020 20:58

  Yes,  there is a VPN client. Protocol is OpenVPN.  Please see this https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023379953-VPN-Client-Beta-

   

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