Pre-purchase advice appreciated

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Todd 76ksu

• July 16, 2022 18:33

Hi All,

Two things ...

1. I'm currently using a 300Mbps ISP service from Spectrum.  The Blue Plus will handle this fine but if/when I upgrade TVs and computer monitors to 4K and want to do 4K streaming, I think I'll need up to 1 Gbps ISP service, also available from Spectrum.  Sooo, guess I should just get the Firewalla Purple now and be done with it, correct?

2. As mentioned above, Spectrum is my ISP and am using their modem and Sagemcom Fast 5260 dual-band router.  Is the process of installing, configuring, and operating a firewalla device between their modem and router transparent to the ISP or will they need to be involved in the process?

Thanks for your advice,

Todd Killian

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  beachdog

  • October 24, 2022 23:15

  Unless you are a heavy duty gamer, 300mb isp service is capable of supporting multiple 4k TV's. I have three 4k TVs running on a Spectrum 100mb service that is effectively only 85mb down/7mb up. 

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  Rich T.

  • October 25, 2022 17:34

  I agree with beachdog - 4k TV would be ~25Mbps each, so speed wise, you're fine. Even for gaming where the latency would probably be more important, speed updates won't change that. The exception being the time to download big games/updates, but that's only an occasional benefit, so not worth it to me.

  Purple does have the advantage of being able to do VLANs and run in router mode, but if you are not going to use that, I'd stick with the Blue. 

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  mrcdsouza

  • February 28, 2023 17:53

  @Todd, can you please let me know if the process of inserting the FW between your modem and Sagemcom went smoothly? Did you have to switch the Sagemcom to AP mode? Thanks

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