#Setup untangle firewall how to#

You donвЂ™t need to do everything all at once so take the time to find out more about how to secure your home or small business network and start taking some some steps to do this. Securing your network is a key aspect of improving your cybersecurity and segmenting with VLANs will help mitigate risks from compromised IoT devices. I have linked some below that I found most useful and encourage you to check out and subscribe to these channels and also look for other videos specific to your needs. There are several good YouTube videos that provide more guidance about how to setup VLANs for network segmentation on Unifi and other devices. This setup does work with the Phillips Hue bridge provided that you enable MDNS in settings/services within your Unifi controller interface. You will want to use the LAN In and LAN Local tabs to set up firewall rules to prevent devices on your IoT network from having access to your other networks. This is a bit dated now with the main configuration difference being the additional tabs in the firewall settings. Rob Pickering has written a useful guide for Ubiquiti вЂ“ Configure micro-segmentation for IoT devices which I recommend reading. It has taken me awhile longer to take the extra steps necessary for segmenting these networks with Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), which was one of the main reasons for acquiring the UDM. The UDM features provides some additional controls and monitoring to enable a more secure home or small business network. The UDM also supports a guest network which I have enabled for visitors but this is seldom used. I always use separate wireless networks for my main home network, Internet of Things (IoT) devices (such as Smart TVs, speakers and lights) and for gaming consoles. The UDM was reasonably straight forward to setup out of the box and my network cupboard is much tidier now that this replaces five separate devices. This type of prosumer equipment gives more ability to customise your network settings than typical commercial home routers. The existing Unifi USG, switches and WAPs have been relocated to my new office which has a lot more space. The reason I changed was that I did not need a complicated setup or have room for extra network gear at my home any more. The UDM combines the functions of the Unifi Security Gateway (USG), cloud key/controller, managed four port switch and Wireless Access Point (WAP). I recently swapped out this setup and replaced it with a single device, the Unifi Dream Machine (UDM). Previously I have written about my home network setup with Unifi and Untangle.

Setup untangle firewall