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Your internet goes down.
Your business shouldn't.
The firewall at your edge decides what gets in, what gets out, and what keeps working when a circuit fails. We design, configure, and manage that edge — segmented networks, real rule sets, and automatic failover to a second connection — so an ISP outage becomes an inconvenience instead of a closed day.
Most firewalls are doing less than you think.
The box the ISP dropped off is a router with a firewall label on it. It passes traffic, hands out addresses, and blocks unsolicited inbound connections — and that's usually where it stops.
Everything on the network sits in one flat space: workstations next to the guest Wi-Fi, next to the security cameras, next to the machine on the production floor. One compromised device can reach all of it. Rules get added over the years by whoever was on-site that day, and nobody documents them. When the circuit drops, someone unplugs things until it comes back.
We replace that with a designed edge: documented rules, segmented traffic, a second internet connection that takes over on its own, and an engineer who can tell you why every rule exists.
A designed edge, not a default configuration.
Built on UniFi gateways, integrated with Cloudflare where it makes sense — specified, deployed, and managed by us.
Right-sized gateway
Firewall throughput sized to your actual internet speed, user count, and VPN load — so the hardware isn't the bottleneck on the connection you're paying for.
Network segmentation (VLANs)
Staff, guests, cameras, VoIP, and production equipment separated into their own networks with rules controlling what can talk to what. A compromised guest laptop or camera doesn't reach your file server.
Multi-WAN failover
A second internet connection configured to take over automatically when the primary fails. No phone call, no manual switchover, no waiting for someone to drive in.
Documented rule sets
Inbound and outbound rules written intentionally, labeled, and documented — so six months from now anyone can tell what a rule does and whether it's still needed.
Threat filtering at the edge
Intrusion detection and prevention, country and IP reputation blocking, and DNS filtering — applied before traffic reaches a workstation.
Secure remote access
Site-to-site VPN between locations, and Cloudflare Zero Trust access for staff instead of an open VPN with a shared password.
Traffic visibility
Reporting on what's using the connection, which sites are being blocked, and when failover events happened — plain reporting, not raw logs.
Firmware & rule maintenance
Gateways get firmware updates, rule reviews, and configuration backups on a schedule. The edge doesn't quietly drift out of date.
What a flat network lets happen.
Segmentation sounds abstract until you look at what it stops. Real examples from environments we've walked into:
None of these require a sophisticated attacker. They require a flat network and one device that shouldn't be trusted.
What happens when your primary circuit drops.
The gateway notices
The firewall continuously tests the primary connection. When it stops passing traffic, it doesn't wait for a person to notice.
Traffic moves over
Sessions shift to the secondary connection — a second ISP, fiber-plus-cable, or a cellular backup, depending on what is available at your location.
Priority traffic keeps working
Backup circuits are usually slower. Rules prioritize what matters: phones, line-of-business applications, and card processing before large downloads.
We get alerted
The event opens automatically on our side. We start working the ISP problem while your staff keeps working.
It switches back
When the primary connection is stable again, traffic returns to it — verified, not assumed.
You get the record
Failover events are logged, which is also what you hand your ISP when you're disputing a service credit.
Built for real environments.
A manufacturer with a production floor
Machines and controls that need network access but shouldn't share a subnet with office workstations — and a line that can't stop because the internet did.
A clinic handling patient records
Segmentation between clinical systems, guest Wi-Fi, and connected devices, with the documentation an auditor or insurer will ask for.
A multi-site business
Site-to-site connectivity between locations with the same rule standard at each one, including the sites without IT staff.
A law firm or title company
Wire fraud and client confidentiality make the edge a real exposure. Filtering, segmentation, and controlled remote access matter more than raw throughput.
A business on one internet circuit
If a single ISP outage stops invoicing, phones, and card processing, a second connection costs less than the downtime it prevents.
An office with cameras and door access
UniFi Protect and Access devices belong on their own segments, not alongside workstations and financial data.
A growing team outgrowing consumer gear
The point where the ISP router can't handle the user count, VPN load, or guest traffic anymore — usually noticed as "the internet is slow."
An organization facing a cyber insurance renewal
Carriers ask about segmentation, firewall management, and remote access controls. We provide answers you can actually document.
What a firewall won't do.
A firewall doesn't stop an employee from entering credentials on a convincing phishing page, and it doesn't help much once an attacker is already using a valid login.
Multi-WAN failover also isn't magic. If both circuits run down the same pole and a backhoe finds that pole, you're down — which is why we look at physical path diversity and, where it makes sense, cellular backup instead of a second wired ISP.
The edge is one layer. It works alongside endpoint monitoring, email security, identity protections like MFA, and tested backups. We'd rather tell you where the limits are than sell you a box and imply it covers everything.
The edge is one layer
Switching & Gateways
Segmentation only works if the switches enforce it.
Learn moreWi-Fi Design
Guest and staff SSIDs mapped to the right VLANs, with coverage that holds.
Learn moreNetwork & Infrastructure
Site-to-site links, structured cabling, and the rest of the physical layer.
Learn moreCloudflare Zero Trust
Identity-aware access that reduces what has to be exposed at the edge at all.
Learn moreNetwork Detection (NDR)
Anomaly detection for traffic that already made it inside.
Learn moreFind out what your firewall is actually doing.
We'll review your gateway, rules, VLANs, and internet circuits, show you where a single device could reach more than it should, and tell you what to fix first.
