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CrazyEddie's avatar
CrazyEddie
Apprentice
Mar 30, 2023

Protectli vault and Orbi 850 compatibility

I have an Orbi 850 base and two 850 satellites. I also have a Netgear cable modem (CM1150V). I am about to purchase a Protectli FW6Br2 vault firewall. Protectli said there will be no issues with the modem, but that there will be some admin and configuration things I need to work through. I'm a novice from an IT perspective, so any advice would be appreciated. Am I being too ambitious?

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  • CrazyEddie wrote:

    Am I being too ambitious?


    Considering that the RBR850 includes a firewall, it would be helpful to know the reason for investing (time and money) to put the entire system behind a firewall, which has the effect of making a number of applications more difficult.

    • CrazyEddie's avatar
      CrazyEddie
      Apprentice

      I am trying to use the best firewall possible, and my understanding is that a hardware firewall would be better than the firewall in the Orbi router. I understand I will have to disable the Orbi firewall. 

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru

        You can't disable Orbi Firewall. Only way would be to configure Orbi for AP mode.