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 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.

Ever since I connected this to my router all my video streaming apps and roku all suffered buffering every 2 minutes or so. I have a cujo which still works but support updates are once in a blue moon that is why I bought this item as a replacement. Update after reading the troubleshooting help online and calling helpdesk i played around the different station configuration and let it work for a few minutes everytime. And found out that the router im using is supposed to be Mode 1. Right now everthing is stable my roku and video streaming app have stabilized. Update:**May 1 20** I have to replace my netgear router with asus ax router since the asus router already has a built in trend micro protection on it I added the TMHS to the network and it was fine, the problem started when I added an aimesh node the node would intermittently lose connection and it slowed to a crawl. So I ditch the trend micro home security box and everything is fine again. Hope trend micro addresses this problem