WatchGuard Firebox Stability
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Petri Alhainen
Administrator at Sulbana Oy
It's been a rock-solid solution with no issues. I would rate it a ten out of ten. The WatchGuard Firebox has been a reliable and stable solution for us. Only once in the ten-year period did we experience some issues with the product, but practically never any issues with the solution.
View full review »The solution is stable, as I have been using a couple of devices without any restart since 2018, and there has been no downtime for these devices.
I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.
View full review »The solution is generally stable, although we have encountered a few hardware issues that were promptly resolved by replacing the affected devices.
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WatchGuard Firebox
March 2024
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Steve Rubin
President and Owner at Peak Communication Systems, Inc.
Its stability and reliability make it a good product for us.
Over the last 15 years, there has been only one Firebox in which we've had any hardware problems and one box in which we have had a software problem. In both cases, WatchGuard overnighted a new box to us so we had it the next day, then we were able to repair or replace, as necessary.
They seem to be fairly stable. Like anything else, it's an electronic device that can last for 10 minutes or 10 years.
View full review »This Firebox M470 is a true workhorse and has been flawless. It has not crashed yet and has been on for over a year now.
View full review »I rate the solution ten out of ten for stability.
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JasonGiles
IT Manager at WTS Media (Wholesale Tape & Supply)
The solution is very stable. I don't think I've ever had one crash in 15 years.
I did have one fail, but that was just a hardware failure. That was one of the very first, early units. That was years and years ago. I've never had one fail since then.
View full review »I rate the stability of WatchGuard Firebox a nine out of ten.
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Rony Ariesman
Network Administrator at PT Lautan Luas Tbk
The solution is highly stable. I rate its stability a nine.
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ITManagedf70
IT Manager at a engineering company with 11-50 employees
It's very stable.
I've only even had one update that I applied that caused problems, that I had to roll back. I don't recall any kind of issue where I had to reboot the device to fix something. Somewhere along the line, WatchGuard, with their free training and free training videos, had recommended setting up an automatic reboot once a week just to keep everything clean, fresh, and healthy. I set that up during to reboot every week during off-hours on the weekend and I've had almost zero problems with it. Even with the updates, as I said, I can only think of one instance where there was a problem. I had to roll the update back, which was very easy to do, and then wait until the update patch came out and fixed the problem. That only happened once.
I've been very happy with the stability and reliability of not just the device and the software, but WatchGuard as a company.
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JimWarren
IT Manager at Horizon Forest Products LP
The stability is great.
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Peter Galgano
Owner at a construction company with 51-200 employees
The stability seems perfect. The last time I rebooted it was a half a year ago.
Hardware-wise, it's comparable to a Linksys consumer perimeter device. It's obviously got more bells and whistles behind it. It's some sort of ARM processor. I'm sure it's pretty low power. It sits there and idles and I can always get on it, and I can set it up with additional security to keep the ports safe.
The DNS works fine, although it's a little clumsy to find, and get at, and get set up. And I can set up some sort of VPN on it. I haven't at this point, but I've got a couple of licenses for VPN if I needed that for my home office.
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Samson Huynh
IT Support at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
We never encountered stability issues. The system never went offline.
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FelixCheung
IT Director at Wise Ally Holdings Limited
It's stable. So far, there have been no incidents.
View full review »WatchGuard Firebox is a stable solution.
I rate WatchGuard Firebox ten out of ten for stability.
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Mohamed Y Ahmed
Technical & Pre-Sales Manager at GateLock
This is a very stable product.
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Hiro Amano
IT Manager at Yamazen Inc
We bought Firebox four or five years ago, and with the first version I had to reboot it every two or three months for no apparent reason. We upgraded last year to the M370 and it's been running, but it is rebooting from time to time. I don't know why.
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Zachary Russ
Lead IT Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect at Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
WatchGuard Firebox is a very stable product with no issues whatsoever.
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Sanjeeb Mohanty
Global Head ICT (CITP & MIE) at The Aga Khan Academies
It is very stable.
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You Pangna
IT Network Support Officer at The Premier Centre
I rate the tool's stability an eight out of ten.
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HalChernoff
Enterprise Architect at a wellness & fitness company with 10,001+ employees
It's very stable.
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ITManage3d45
I.T. Manager at a construction company with 201-500 employees
They work. We don't have to boot them.
The only time they get booted is if there is a major, extended loss of power. Otherwise, they just stay up and running. The location I'm at has been up for 90 days and the only reason it went down 90 days ago was that we had about a 12-hour power outage. It got our batteries. It got everything. But like I said, they're reliable.
View full review »It is very stable. I haven't seen any issues with it. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It is reliable. I'd rate it nine out of ten in terms of stability.
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reviewer1230873
Network Administrator at a retailer
For the most part, everything seems to be working without any issues. That's why we've had it for this long, close to 17 years for the company and, under me, for 13 years. There are more pros than cons.
We haven't had any issues. I always buy an additional box as a Hot Standby. I have never had to use it, and thank God for that. So it's been very stable. We keep them for a maximum of three to four years and then we upgrade to a newer one. For the time that we keep the box active, we don't have any issues.
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John Giacco
Network Administrator at Peace Bridge
With the previous version (XTM), I started seeing some hiccups.
With this new version (M400), it has been in place for about a year and been running just fine. I haven't had to reboot it. I don't think I've had an issue at all with it.
I manage the solution as the network administrator.
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Joseph Redmond
Woodworker at Creative Woodworking NW
It's very stable. I haven't ever had a product that is this stable.
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Richard Marcin
Sr. Systems Administrator at a individual & family service with 201-500 employees
It's pretty rock-solid. I've never had to reboot one because it was acting in an unstable manner and have some that I ran through their entire usable lives without issue.
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Kelly Carlisle
Manager IT at a hospitality company with 501-1,000 employees
It's very solid. We don't reboot it very often and we don't seem to need to.
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AllenHillstrom
IT Manager at a performing arts with 51-200 employees
Stability is excellent. We've had no issues with the firewall going down because of the Firebox.
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Joseph Jansen
IT Specialist at Art Students League
I haven't had to look at it in nine months. It just works pretty painlessly. It's very stable. It's kind of invisible.
View full review »The solution is stable.
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reviewer2028789
Ingénieur - Traitement des eaux /Mécanique de procédé at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
WatchGuard Firebox is a nine out of ten in terms of stability.
View full review »I would rate the stability of this solution an eight out of 10, with one being unstable and 10 being very stable.
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reviewer1998435
Partner & Head of IT Strategy at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
It's stable.
View full review »The solution is reasonably stable.
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RajeshV1
Chief Executive Officer at esupport Solutions Pvt ltd
The stability of the solution is very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's quite reliable in terms of performance.
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Dirk Emmermacher
Network Administrator at Niedersächsischer Turner-Bund e.V.
The stability is very good. I normally only do a reboot of a Firebox when I upgrade the boxes with new software, so they run sometimes two or three months without a reboot.
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Jason Markle
IT Director at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
The stability is great. I've not had any problems. In three years, we've had to restart the device maybe twice. We've had to restart it more than to clear out any cache, because you don't want anything building up in cache memory. But we've only had two problems where we needed to restart the device. And it actually restarts really fast. It doesn't have much downtime at all.
View full review »Stability-wise, I rate the solution a one out of ten.
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Rick Phillips
IT Manager at INSULATION DISTRIBUTORS, INC
They're very stable. I've had one firewall fail at 50 locations in the last ten years.
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Wandile Ntshalintshali
IT Officer at a manufacturing company with 1-10 employees
The stability is good.
View full review »Firebox is generally stable, with only some glitches here and there, and its performance is okay.
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reviewer1019298
ICT Manager at a maritime company with 11-50 employees
This solution is stable.
I am the only one who maintains the firewall—we don't have a team to handle it.
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Scott Morin
Owner / CEO at Midwest Technology Specialists LLC.
It is the most stable firewall I work with. The incidence of failure is very low, maybe once every two years.
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John Rhines
Network Administrator at Advanced Software Designs
It's very stable and it meets our needs. The stability is huge. It's rock-solid.
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Prepress759b
Prepress/Systems Manager at a printing company with 51-200 employees
The stability is great. I have only had one go out on me, and it was because of my issue.
We have one IT person for deployment and maintenance.
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Jon Leib
Information Technology Specialist at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
It is a very stable solution.
Once we had it set up the way we wanted, it seemed to be running extremely well.
For deployment and management, it's just me along with the reselling group (POA).
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Marlon Sealey
I.T. Co-ordinator at National Lotteries Control Board
The Firebox is very stable. We have not had a failure over the seven years we've used them.
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Alexey Shcherbatyi
Network Administrator at Abona Deutschland GmbH
In terms of the stability, everything is perfect. We haven’t experienced any issues.
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Tyson Swank
Computer Programmer at Crestwood Inc
The stability is very good. We haven't had any issues with ports or anything else. Everything has been very good as far as the stability and issues.
The performance and throughput that the solution provides is good. We haven't had any issues as far as when we have connections and things going on. So, it's very good.
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AlanRogers
Owner at Thermioninc.com
It seems to be stable.
There are always updates for it. So, they are always improving it. We are always putting updates into it all the time. They do a good job of trying to keep up on everything.
I just have a consultant who comes in every so often to do deployment and maintenance.
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reviewer690582
COO/CTO at a pharma/biotech company with 11-50 employees
Stable - However, you need to add APC/UPC battery back-ups to avoid power outages/surges that will mitigate your time for trouble-shooting post-power outage.
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FlorianBUIS
Infrastructure Administrator at CFA-INSTA
The solution is very stable.
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Roman Laminin
Technical Consultant at Rainbow Security
This product is very stable.
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reviewer1574610
Manager
It is a very stable product. Usually, we have several years of uptime on WatchGuard Fireboxes. They can run for very long without any issues.
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reviewer1082562
Information Systems Administrator at a logistics company with 51-200 employees
The stability of WatchGuard Firebox is very stable.
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Greg Holeman
VP at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The stability has been fine. We've had no issues with its stability.
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Greg Selby
Network Engineer at Vanderburgh Police Department
It works and just keeps on working.
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Reviewer93465
System Analyst at a transportation company
It's very stable.
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Paal
CFO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
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Scott Eastman
Project Consultant at SysGroup PLC
WatchGuard Firebox is stable.
View full review »Watchguard is stable.
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reviewer1333353
Principal at a consumer goods company with 1-10 employees
We haven't had any issues with it. We set it up and it's been running since we set it up.
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reviewer1753128
IT Technician at a real estate/law firm with 11-50 employees
It has been very stable.
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reviewer1548642
IT Management and owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Stability is the most valuable feature of this solution.
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reviewer1229901
VP IT at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees
The stability is good. It runs well.
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reviewer1289943
IT Audit Group Head at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We found no bugs with the operation of the solution.
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reviewer1046019
Technical Support at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
So far, the solution is stable.
I have two customers who have experienced problems due to a storm. An electrical surge came through the internet line and caused damage to the port. This had nothing to do with the stability of the product itself.
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ChiefTec1e3f
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
No issues with stability.
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WatchGuard Firebox
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about WatchGuard Firebox. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.