Speedify Firewall Overview

This article explains what the Speedify Firewall feature is, what you can block with it, and how to set it up in the Speedify app.

What Is the Speedify Firewall Feature?

The Speedify Firewall lets you create rules that block outbound internet traffic from your device to specific destinations. Any internet traffic that matches one of your rules is stopped before it reaches its destination, regardless of which underlying connection (Wi-Fi network, Ethernet, 4G/5G cellular connection, etc.) Speedify is using at the time.

Firewall rules are active while Speedify is connected and apply across all bonded connections simultaneously.

What Can You Block?

The Firewall blocks traffic using groups. You make a group, then add one or more things to match. Traffic gets blocked only when it matches everything in the group.

You can match on three things:

Ports: a TCP or UDP port, or a range of ports. For example, block port 25 to stop email (SMTP) traffic, or ports 6881–6999 to stop BitTorrent.

IP addresses: a specific address, like 192.168.1.100 for a device on your network, or an outside address to cut off one server.

Domains: a website name, like example.com.

Because everything in a group has to match, a group with a domain and a port blocks that website only on that one port. Nothing else gets blocked. If you want to block a website on every port, put just the domain in the group and leave Ports and IP Addresses empty.

How to Use the Firewall

Step 1

Open the Speedify app and go to Settings > Firewall.

Step 2

Add a group, then enter all the parameters you want to block for the particular group.

• TCP or UDP port or port range
• An IP address (IPv4 or IPv6)
• A domain name

The rule takes effect immediately while Speedify is connected.

Note that all entries in the group must match for the traffic to be bypassed. So if you only know the domain you want to bypass, enter the domain only and don't try to guess the specific ports or IPs.

• Firewall rules only apply when Speedify is connected.
• Rules block outbound internet traffic to destinations.
• Blocking rules apply across all bonded connections.
• This feature is available on Unlimited accounts only.