Firewalla RED Installation guide

Brand: Firewalla

Model: RED

Type: Installation guide

FirewallaInstallationGuide

WelcometoFirewallaBoxInstallationGuide

Feelfreetoemailusat[email protected]ifyouhaveanyquestions,itwillcreatea

supportcase,andourengineerswillhelpyoudirectly.

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STEP1:DownloadandinstallFirewallaApp

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STEP2:Wireupthebox

ConnectFirewallaboxtothemainrouterofyournetworkusingtheEthernetcableprovided

inthepackage.Then,connectthedevicetoapowersourceusingtheMicroUSBcable

providedinthepackage.

*Note:YoucanalsoconnectFirewallaBoxtoanypowersourcethathas2Acurrent.Once

thedeviceispowered,thelightnexttotheEthernetcablewillstartblinking.

HerearesomecommonscenariostoshowyouwhereFirewallaboxshouldconnectto.If

yournetworkismorecomplexandneedhelp,pleasesendusanemail:

[email protected],describeyournetworktopology,wewillhelpyouout.

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CaseA:ISPProvidedModem/Router

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Ifyouareusingthemodem/routercomboprovidedbyyourISP,youjustneedtoplug

FirewallaboxtooneoftheLANportofthemodem/router. 

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CaseB:MultipleRouters

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Inadditiontothemodem/routercomboprovidedbyISP,youhavepurchasedanotherrouter

andusethattoconnectallyourhouseholddevices.Insuchcase,plugFirewallaboxtoone

oftheLANportoftherouterthatyoupurchased.Makesurethemobilephonewhichwill

launchFirewallaAppisconnectedtotheWIFInetworkprovidedbythesamerouter

thatFirewallaboxispluggedin.

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CaseC:WirelessMeshNetwork

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Ifyouownameshnetwork,makesuretoconnectFirewallatotheprimarydevice(notthe

satellitedevice).Afterinstallation,pleasedisablemonitoringofthesatellitedevicesinthe

Firewallaappafterappinstallation. 

CaseD:AccessPoint(AP)/Switch

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Inadditiontothemodem/routercomboprovidedbyISP,youhaveinstalledawifiaccess

point(AP)oraswitch(notarouter)toconnectyourhouseholddevices.Insuchcase,plug

FirewallaboxtoeitheroneoftheLANportoftheAP/SwitchortheLANporton

modem/routercombo.

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STEP3:PairingFirewallaAppwiththebox

Pleasemakesurethefollowing:

● Incaseyouhavemultiplenetworks(caseBabove),yourphoneneedsto

connecttothesamerouterthatyourFirewallaboxispluggedin.

● VPNisdisabledonyourPhone.

● Itmaytakeupto5minsforFirewallaBoxtocompletelybootandupgradeprocess

whenpoweredon.Pleasebepatient.

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LaunchFirewallaApp.IfFirewallaBoxisreadytobepaired,youshallseeeither'+'or'New

Firewalla'icon,orseebothicons.

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Taponeither'+'or'NewFirewalla'icon,andfollowtheinstructiononinstallationwizard.

WhenaskedtoscanQRcode,itisthestickerlocatedatthebottomofthelittlebox.Once

itisdone,theBoxwillbeabletocommunicatewiththeApp.

IftheBoxcannotbefoundbyFirewallaApp,pleaseconsultFirewallaInstallation

TroubleshootingGuide.

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STEP4:InitialSetupofthebox

Afterthepairing,asetupdialogwillappearontheinstallationwizard.Tap“Continue”,itwill

automaticallysetupthedevicebylearningyournetwork.Theentireprocessmaytake

severalmoreminutes.Onceitisdone,theBoxisreadytowork.

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Notes:

● Ifduringthesetupprocess,thedevicefindsyourmainrouterisnotcompatiblewith

SimpleMode,itwilladviseyoutouseDHCPModeinstead.Ifyouwanttoknow

whatisSimpleModeandDHCPModebeforedecidingwhichmodetochoose,check

outourarticleon“HowdoesFirewallaInterceptTraffic”.

● TouseDHCPmode,somemanualconfigurationonyourrouterisrequired.

● Ifyouareusingmeshrouters,makesureyoudisablemonitoringonallthesatellites.

Anyquestiononmeshrouters,pleaseconsultmeshedrouterguideonourwebsite.

● Ifyouhavewifinetworkextenderspleasealsodisablemonitoringonthemafter

installation. 

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Areminder,ifyouseeabrightred'B'nexttoanyfeature,thismeans,'beta'.Wearetesting,

anditisnotreadyforprimetime.Wewillbelikelytohavethatfeatureinproductionfor

around30days.

Firewalla RED Installation guide

Brand: Firewalla

Model: RED

Type: Installation guide

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