【Open Discussion】Share Your Network Challenges & Vision

Dear Community Members,

We’re launching this discussion to understand your unmet needs across key network management areas. No predefined solutions — we want to hear your raw challenges, pain points, and aspirations. Your input will directly shape future development!

Discussion Topics

1. Managing Network Behavior

  • How do you ensure critical tasks (e.g., video calls, backups) get consistent performance amid competing traffic?

  • Have you faced challenges balancing fairness vs. prioritization when multiple users/devices share bandwidth?

2. Controlling Access & Permissions

  • Do you struggle with unauthorized devices joining your network, or need to restrict access for specific users/apps?

  • What granularity of control (e.g., time-based rules, role-based policies) would simplify your workflow?

3. Defending Against Threats

  • What types of attacks or vulnerabilities concern you most in your current setup?

  • Are there blind spots in your network’s defense mechanisms that existing tools fail to address?

4. Supporting Complex Applications

  • Do certain applications or protocols (e.g., VoIP, IoT services) behave unpredictably in your network?

  • What interoperability hurdles have you encountered with modern apps or hybrid environments?

How to Participate

  • Share freely! Tell us:

  • Your role (e.g., home user, admin, developer).

  • Specific frustrations or "I wish my network could..." scenarios.

  • Any workarounds you’ve built to solve these issues.

  • Avoid technical jargon — focus on real-world problems, not solutions.

Why Join?

  • Your voice will guide tools that solve actual problems .

  • Contributors of impactful ideas may collaborate on early prototypes.

  • Let’s co-create a more flexible and resilient networking future.

This is a neutral, community-driven discussion. No agendas — just collective learning.

We’re all ears!

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Ok I will throw one out:

Role: Home user

Goal: I want to be able to configure my multi-wan so that when using "failover" mode, only certain devices use the connection. For example, priority items (security system/cameras for example) should use the failover option but things like a smart TV (not critical) should not.

Workaround: Nothing yet, but I have considered putting two routers on my network. One for "high availability" devices with MWAN setup, and another without MWAN for the regular devices.

Power user:

Goal: Need visibility in networking flows (stored in sqlite3). I'd like to see where my iot devices, children devices are going to, IP / Hostname. Latter is possible with ad guard home. I'd also like to block flows. :slightly_smiling_face:

I've been working on a project to view flows via Netify.

Dashboard:

Flows:

but I am not a dev at all, never coded JavaScript in my life. If you guys wanna use my project and make it better incorporate it, I don't mind, it's open source.