Connect Orange to Gold+ at home with VPN

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John Harrold

• February 25, 2026 17:35
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Howdy Folks,

I was reading through the link below and I wanted to confirm my understanding of this below:

• You can modify scenario two by connecting the Purple or Orange to a Firewalla Box running at home, at the office, or both: Now you have all the benefits of scenario 2, and you can securely access devices at the remote site: (e.g., cameras, a network drive, Remote Desktop, etc.) 

I have a gold plus at home and I was thinking about getting an orange for when I travel. If I'm reading that correctly I can have the orange VPN to my gold plus at home and all traffic going into the orange will be routed through the VPN to my home network.

Is that correct? 

Thank you

https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023771674-Traveling-with-Firewalla

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  Firewalla

  • February 25, 2026 17:48

  The short answer is yes.

  And you do have ways to optimize the connection. Including site to site VPN, which allows you to access resources both ways, and allow traffic to go to VPN or local. (example, only route netflix to home, everything local)

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  John Harrold

  • February 25, 2026 17:52

  That's great. One more question. When I'm in India I normally get my internet connection by tethering it to my local phone there. I'm assuming that both my WAN and LAN can be connected through WIFI?

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  Firewalla

  • February 25, 2026 21:43

  Yes, you can tether Orange's WiFi to your phone, and also use it for LAN

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  John Harrold

  • April 28, 2026 01:51

  Hello. I got my orange today. Are there instructions on how to do this? I want to test it by tethering it to my home wifi and the connect to the wifi on the orange with my computer. 

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  FirewallaSupportDesk

  • April 28, 2026 02:07

  Initial setup still need to be configured via Ethernet, so please follow Firewalla Orange Installation Guide to configure it in router mode first. It can be set up behind your Gold plus and won't cause any issues to your current network. You can also configure a LAN WiFi after setup: STEP 5: Configure Networks and Wi-Fi
  
  After initial pairing, now you can create a WiFi WAN to tether it to your home WiFi (remember to disconnect Ethernet connection from Gold plus to avoid network loops): Connecting to Public Wi-Fi.

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