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  1. Jonnie Cache

    [MOOT] True firewall needed for HIPAA compliance?

    Yeah, we use Office365 for Exchange hosting, and Clio (SaaS) for our practice management. But, we haven’t really found a good cloud solution for our file storage. Pros and cons of accessibility, security groups, sharing files, etc. For now, we will keep storing our files locally with cloud backup.
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    [MOOT] True firewall needed for HIPAA compliance?

    Really, it is about security more than anything else. We need to keep our client data secure, of course. That that is preventing hackers from accessing our network. I guess that means IPS. Second most important is to preventing problems such as viruses, malware, etc., which cost us downtime and...
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    [MOOT] True firewall needed for HIPAA compliance?

    Thanks, we are not a covered entity.
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    [MOOT] True firewall needed for HIPAA compliance?

    Thanks for the information. I guess I'm not sure if we are even a covered entity under HIPAA. From what I can tell, we are not because we don't regularly deal with medical records. I'll have to do some more research on that issue. In terms of the "router", I was considering an Ubiquiti Unifi...
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    [MOOT] True firewall needed for HIPAA compliance?

    I’m an attorney and we have an IT company we work with for my law firm. They are trying to tell us that with HIPAA, because we often deal with medical records, we have to have a very expensive firewall instead of just a router. Does anyone know if this is true? I know nothing about HIPAA as...
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    Deep Packet Inspection router/firewall needed at home? Pros and cons

    Thanks for the info! I’ll be giving OPNsense a try, then! It does look like it has a much nicer interface.
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    Deep Packet Inspection router/firewall needed at home? Pros and cons

    I’ve been looking at pfSense v. OPNSense. Difficult to discern which one I should try. I don’t really have the time to dedicate to examining both. Why do you suggest OPN Over pf?
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    Large Family Home - Router / Multiple WAPs Whole System Needed

    By the way, I never did find a very good way to deal with parental controls with a decent router. I found the Disney (?!?) Circle that appears to hit all the important points. Plus, it allows me to install an app on their iOS devices so they can’t just switch off WiFi to bypass the controls!
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    Deep Packet Inspection router/firewall needed at home? Pros and cons

    Yeah... I've kinda gathered that. :) I think it will be enough for me to get the gist and then decide if that's what I want to try out. If I do go for it, it looks like I need to sign up for a Gold Membership to keep up on the current version of the manual? $99 per year isn't so bad, I guess.
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    Deep Packet Inspection router/firewall needed at home? Pros and cons

    Great idea. Thanks! I have seen some "How-tos" about it and it seems pretty straight forward for a basic setup. I get that it could get complicated quickly, though!
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    Large Family Home - Router / Multiple WAPs Whole System Needed

    Thank you everyone for your help. I've decided to go ahead and get a Unifi system. I have ordered a Unifi US-48-500 and some APs. I decided to go with the AP-AC-HDs. I realize that it may be overkill for some, but with all the streaming that we do on multiple devices, I believe it will be good...
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    Deep Packet Inspection router/firewall needed at home? Pros and cons

    Thank you everyone for your advice. I have looked around a lot and it looks like I either need to build a pfSense system or I need to just stick with a router. I'll probably buy a router first and then experiment with pfSense to see how it goes.
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    Deep Packet Inspection router/firewall needed at home? Pros and cons

    Okay. I must misunderstand what constitutes SPI. Perhaps it is more accurate to indicate that I'm concerned about malware/virus filtering at the gateway. Perhaps deep packet inspection, streaming malware scanning, and intrusion detection would be more appropriate.
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    Large Family Home - Router / Multiple WAPs Whole System Needed

    If I'm going to spend money on new network hardware, I'd like it to be fairly future proof. I would like to get 4x4 MU-MIMO APs if feasible. The mesh systems I've seen only support 2x2, I believe? Maybe I'm misinformed and it would be overkill. But, for example, my MacBook Pro has a 3x3 radio, I...
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    Large Family Home - Router / Multiple WAPs Whole System Needed

    Does Orbi support wired backhaul? Everything I've read so far says that it doesn't support it yet.
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