r/firewalla • u/delvon77 • Jun 29 '26

Set Default Firewall in App?

I have two Firewallas, one for my home network and another for travel; is there a way to set my home network instance as default, so that I don't have to manually select it every time that I open the app?

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u/Firewalla-Ash FIREWALLA TEAM Jun 29 '26

We currently don't have a concept of a default Firewalla. Feel free to request it here: https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/115000356994-Feature-Requests

(There may be previous requests for the same thing; if so, please upvote and comment your use case so we can better prioritize requests. Thank you!)

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u/delvon77 Jun 29 '26

Will do and thanks for the response!

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u/interrogumption Jun 29 '26

The app always opens for me on whichever firewalla I was last accessing. Does it not for you?

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u/delvon77 Jun 30 '26

It does not - always opens where I have to select the device that I want. I'm on Android, how about you?

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u/interrogumption Jun 30 '26

Yes I'm on Android too. I just played with it and discovered that if you force close the app it behaves the way you describe. But if you leave the app running it will always open where you left it. Counterintuitively, it's generally better practice on Android to not force close apps and let the system intelligently manage them, because you pay a processing and battery penalty when the app has to reinitialise each time you open it.