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?
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.
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.
Well....... "maybe". A dedicated firewall will definitely have options* that the Orbi firewall does not. It certainly will be an adventure (learning Linux, whichever operating system you choose, how their DHCP server works, etc.)
The only way to disable the Orbi firewall is to place the router in Access Point mode, which also disables all sorts of features. (no Armor, no Parental Controls, no chance to define DNS servers, No DHCP reservations, no DDNS, no OpenVPN, no separation of primary vs. Guest WiFi devices. There's quite a list.
