Trend Micro Home Network Security Firewall Device - Prevent Privacy Leaks, Parental Controls, Content Filtering, Protects from Hacker Viruses & Malware - 1 Year Security Subscription

So far, I have to say that this thing is great.I have a lot of devices on my network, many of which are cheap IOT devices. I've gotten worried about just being a good internet citizen, and decided I should look into some sort of network-wide security. I tried the network security upgrade offered through my router, and found that it slowed down my network horribly. I tried jury-rigging something through my PiHole ad-blocker (subscribing to a number of phishing, botnet, and malware blocklists.) That succeeded in passing most of the zScalar internet threat tests, but the PiHole was so overloaded that the network became unstable. I then researched a lot of third-party devices and this was the only one that seemed trustworthy and unlikely to slow my network. Since I couldn't find any independent testing and few reviews, it felt risky. I took a chance and bought it.So far, this device looks like a winner. Setup was surprisingly easy, and didn't require any changes AT ALL to my network setup - just connecting to a port on the router, waiting for the light to turn green, then installing the app. I have a lot of IOT devices and computers on my network, and they're all behaving properly; no problems or interference at all. The device has done well in blocking the various virus and malware site tests I've thrown at it. It has parental controls very similar to what I've been paying for through Circle, and it hasn't noticeably affected my network speeds. It even has built in ad-blocking (I haven't confirmed how well that works, since I do have a PiHole ad-blocker running on the network so it's superfluous).I'm honestly surprised at how simple this thing has been, and how much I like it.

I have over thirty-one devices hooked to my home network, and a lot of them is Amazon stuff, and Google stuff, which is questionable how safe they are from hacking. So, yes I been doing computer for a long time, 25+ years, and I have run across some things that are easy and the don't work well, and then those are complicated, and I never even finish setting them up, I get bored with it. The price is right, the look is simple, and the app on my Android is nice and easy to use. It did identify my Kindle e-Readers, I have two, as Amazon Fire something, but for most of the devices has found them and identified them automatically It updated itself at first, and then once I downloaded the app things went well. There is a lot of room for this type of device to cause issues, but so far that hasn't happened.9/10/2020: It has stopped protecting my network. It is flashing a red & green light which is a hardware problem. I will call Micro Trend. Didn't take long for this to happen, sad to say.9/11/2020: I just called Trend Micor and they simply refused to talk with me. They said since I purchased this item from Amazon, they won't support it at all. Fortunately, Amazon is giving me a refund even though it is past their 30 days return policy by a few days. I suggest NO one buys from Trend Micro. I have never heard of such a thing. They have a huge website on Amazon's website, I had the receipt, the pairing code, serial number, the box everything still, I hadn't even taken off the plastic covers on the device yet. But they didn't ask about any of that as soon as I told them I bought the device from Amazon the answer was NO! Good-bye. I been building computers for over 25 years now, and I have bought everything under the sky, and I have never had this type of response from a company, I have been just lucky. I surely didn't expect Amazon to come thru, I mean they did what they were supposed to, but they did more than that, they went way beyond what I expected. I love you Amazon! I don't like writing bad reviews, this means money and profit and a probable future sales. I am sure this is a large company supporting the lives of all sorts of people. But I am forced to warn future consumers. The strange thing about this all, I loved this thing. It was simple to use and it worked. I give up! If I get anything more positive to say down the road, I will be happy to post it. But right now, the item is in a box ready to be mailed back to Amazon.

I bought this device for one reason; Internet parental controls. Our house consists of two working parents with great kids that love YouTube. As the new school year started, we needed a way to place online time limits on the various desktop and tablet devices in the house. I couldn't find a router/firewall that fit the bill. And I wasn't ready to switch the home network to one of the various all-in-one Wi-Fi mesh systems that include the parental controls. Most are fairly expensive and lack some of the features I need. This Trend Micro device not only covered the parental control I needed, it added a layer of network security I wasn't looking for. Within seconds of plugging it into our switch, it found every device on the network. It allowed us to associate each device with a specific user and place limits for all of their devices, which is exactly what we we’re looking for. But it also found vulnerabilities on each device. All of which could be fixed with a firmware patch. And it found one particular device I couldn't identify. I never would have known about the device had it not been for this Trend Micro Home Network Security device. And the process to block the device was made so simple using the intuitive app on my phone. I'm blown away at how useful it is, easy to install, and inexpensive to purchase. I'm going to recommend this to everyone I know, because every home network should have one. Even if parental controls don’t apply to your home, this thing will give you a little peace of mind knowing something is monitoring your home LAN. Great job Trend!

Does what it needs to and actually blocks stuff. The only negative thing is it every so often slows down or cuts out internet speed completely by doing its periodic scans. You most definitely have to know how to configure this device to avoid that and that person isn't me. Lol. But it's easy to use otherwise and works as intended besides for that.