Whitelist (or create exception) to gaming blocking

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Malcolm Stewart

• May 14, 2020 17:52

Firewalla is blocking some of the features in homeschooling software we're now all of a sudden using. An example is Schoology.com

Not sure if it is your gaming blocker or ad blocker doing it but is there a way to define an exception?

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  Tommy M Webb

  • May 14, 2020 23:58

  This is one of the few complaints I have about the unit is the lack of an ability to troubleshoot issues like this.  I believe, in flows, it should show blocked connections as well and which module/feature is doing the blocking.  Having something not work is purely an assumption that the FW is blocking something w/ no way of really knowing outside of an OpenDNS page returning an error.

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  Joel Zimmerle

  • May 15, 2020 02:21

  I totally agree. I can’t wait to get the whitelisting feature and really in the flows it should show all blocks and why. Would make it so much easier to debug.

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  Support Team

  • May 15, 2020 03:58

  We hear you. The white list feature will be ready for Blue/Red alpha testing soon. (Gold beta users are already testing them now)

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  Tommy M Webb

  • May 15, 2020 04:32

  How would one block traffic between VLANs?

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  Support Team

  • May 15, 2020 06:00

  it will be supported, such as not allowing guest network to accessing the main network.

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  Manny Cavalier

  • May 29, 2020 18:10

  I agree with them on displaying the blocked connections in the network flows. This would be very helpful during troubleshooting.

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  Donavon West

  • January 09, 2023 20:42
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  > The white list feature will be ready for Blue/Red alpha testing soon

   

  This was 3 years ago. Was this ever implemented/released? If so, could you post a link to instructions as to how to set this up plz?

   

  is it possible to add an "Allow" rule for specific domains that will override the "Block Gaming" rule?

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  Firewalla

  • January 09, 2023 21:29

  Yes, this is the allow list feature. You can use it with a target list. See https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008521833-Manage-Rules and https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500005941962-Firewalla-Feature-Target-List

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  Donavon West

  • January 10, 2023 17:08
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  thanks! the article and the video really helped me understand.

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