WatchGuard Firebox M6850
Flagship firewall with high-speed firewall performance and large-scale VPN tunnel capacity

Overview:

Uncompromising Security Headroom for the Most Demanding Networks

The Firebox M6850 is designed for organizations that are planning not just for today’s traffic, but for what comes next. As the top tier model in the Firebox High Rackmount family, the M6850 delivers the highest levels of firewall, VPN, UTM, and HTTPS inspection performance, combined with native ultra high speed networking. Built for data center edge, core infrastructure, and high-growth enterprises, the M6850 enables customers to standardize on a single firewall platform that can accommodate future increases in users, applications, and encrypted traffic without repeated hardware refreshes.

Specifications:

¹ Throughput rates are determined using multiple flows through multiple ports and will vary depending on the environment and configuration. Max firewall throughput tested via direct connection using 1518-byte UDP frames based on RFC 2544 methodology. All testing performed on Fireware version 2025.1.
² UTM throughput is measured using HTTP traffic with AV, IPS, and Application Control enabled, and does not account for all security services available on the appliance.

Supports and Services:

Strong Security at Every Layer

Uniquely architected to be the industry’s smartest, fastest, and most effective network security products, WatchGuard solutions deliver in-depth defenses against advanced malware, ransomware, botnets, trojans, viruses, drive-by downloads, data loss, phishing, and much more.

		Standard Support	Basic Security	Total Security
	Stateful Firewall
	VPN
	SD-WAN
	Access Portal*
	Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS)
	Application Control
	WebBlocker (URL/Content Filtering)
	spamBlocker (Anti-Spam)
	Gateway AntiVirus
	Reputation Enabled Defense
	Network Discovery
	APT Blocker
	DNSWatch
	IntelligentAV**
	ThreatSync (XDR)
	EDR Core
	WatchGuard Cloud Log Data Retention Report Data Retention		90 Days 1 Day	365 Days 30 Days
	Support	Standard (24x7)	Standard (24x7)	Gold (24x7)

*Not available on Firebox T115-W, T20/T20-W, T25/T25-W, or T35-R. Total Security Suite required for M270, M370, M470, M570, M670, FireboxV and Firebox Cloud.
**Not available on Firebox T115-W, T20/T20-W, T25/T25-W, or T35-R.

Documentation:

Download the WatchGuard Firebox M6850 Datasheet (PDF).