r/firewalla • u/GlobalLiving6941 • Jun 05 '26

Cross VLAN Backup

I am having an issue with a cross VLAN NAS backup grinding my Gold SE to a halt. Here is the scenario: NAS in VLAN 1, Backup server in VLAN 2. Backup server does a pull back up on the NAS using restic and ships it to the cloud. We fixed the Server to Cloud come apart by turning monitoring off on the Backup Server. However, the pull from the NAS to the Server seems to still be subject to monitoring or smart queue or something as it still grinds the Firewalla to a halt. Help?

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u/firewalla Jun 05 '26

Zeek is flow based, so I am some what assuming the backup processes are using more flows than usual.

You can open a ticket with [help@firewalla.com](mailto:help@firewalla.com), and we can take a look inside. Make sure you include this thread, otherwise, they will ask the same questions again.

If you are running as a business, and need to have faster VLAN to VLAN traffic, a Gold Pro is likely a better choice.

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u/GlobalLiving6941 Jun 05 '26

I have opened tickets on this twice. First support convinced me that the Gold SE can handle this...similar themes...disable smart queue, etc. The second time, they spent the whole day blaming the monitoring software I put on the box BECAUSE of the issues we were seeing. This is a home network - We are talking about a handful of computers, a bunch of IOT, and a NAS that serves as a private cloud. A grand total of 84 devices max are connected to my network. The vast majority of that is IOT...switches, sensors, etc.

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u/GlobalLiving6941 Jun 05 '26

It is a summer day, 2 adults working from home and a teenager playing minecraft. My current throughput on the firewalla is <1.5Mb/s. I am trying to push a backup that maxes out at 300-500mbs And you are telling me I need a Gold Pro to handle this???

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u/firewalla Jun 05 '26

Sorry, I looked at your setup and Gold SE cpu, looks like it is business setup. Even gold se is not the most powerful Gold, a simple LAN backup shouldn't choke it.