Firewalla and Cisco Firewall on one Network
Hello everyone, first time posting here, even though I have been using Firewalla for over a year.
Initially had the purple SE, and recently got to the Gold SE, as I was looking to upgrade the home network.
Was planning on setting up a remote backup for our office server (small business) at home. Today, our IT guy said we need to have the Cisco firewall setup within the house to connect to the NAS. However, since I have never used Cisco software, and Firewalla has been straightforward to use, I brought it up to him. He was unaware of the brand, and was pushing to get something recognized within the industry, and something they normally use so it is easier to mange (for them).
Now that I have that background out of the way, I wanted to see if there as a way to run the Cisco and the Firewalla on the same network. Essentially, use the Cisco only for the single NAS drive, and Firewalla for everything else as it is now. Perhaps place the Cisco after the Firewalla (in between it and the NAS)?
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The simplest way is just connect the cisco behind the firewalla
ISP -> Firewalla -> Cisco -> Office stuff
And have your home devices connecting to the Firewalla network directly. This way, your work stuff is completely segmented. (you can use a port on your Gold SE for the Cisco router)
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Thank you for the timely response.
That is what had initially come to my mind as well, but I had heard about issues with two firewalls working on one network (or for one device - in this case), and was wondering if that would create issues, similar to how having Firewalla running and not putting the wireless routers in AP Mode...
So would this method (ISP -> Firewalla -> Cisco -> Office Stuff) create any problems for the device(s) connected to the Cisco firewall?
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