- Two software firewalls slow download speed to a halt (sygate, zone alarm)
- Posted by Susan on February 19th, 2006
This is just a warning that running one or two firewalls definately kills
performance!
I called my ISP support complaining (erroneously it turns out) that they
have slowed down tremendously - so bad that graphic intensive web pages
often timed out.
While debugging, they asked me to turn off my two favorite freeware
firewalls which were Zone Alarm and Sygate Personal Firewall.
Voila!
My download speed improved tremendously (I don't know how to check the
value of the download speed but the difference was immensely noticeable).
My ISP support said I didn't need any firewall since I was using what they
called the NAT (the wireless tranmitter) so I turned both off and now I
don't have dueling firewalls anymore (that's their term for it).
Anyway, I just figured I'd let others know because this isn't obvious data.
Susan
- Posted by Andy W on February 19th, 2006
Probably not obvious to newer computer users but you are right Susan, you
need only one firewall on your system, if you have a NAT firewall built into
your router or modem then you do not need a software firewall, especially not
two.
If you had XP SP2 you would also have the windows firewall as well, so you
probably had four firewalls running Susan.
A valuable bit of information that I'm sure will help out other newbie PC
users.
I personally have a hardware NAT firewall built into my router and I leave
the Windows firewall turned on, i don't actually notice any slowdown with
that combination.
Andy W
"Susan" wrote:
- Posted by Malke on February 19th, 2006
Andy W wrote:
The only thing I'd disagree with in your post is that even with a
router, I'd run a software firewall on all Windows machines that
connect to the Internet. Just one, of course.
Malke
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- Posted by Andy W on February 19th, 2006
You disagree, read the end of my last post Malke, I qoute myself :
Begin Quote :
I personally have a hardware NAT firewall built into my router and I leave
the Windows firewall turned on, i don't actually notice any slowdown with
that combination.
End quote :
I do have a software firewall as well, the SP2 windows firewall and my
hardware router NAT firewall.
Andy W
"Malke" wrote:
- Posted by Malke on February 19th, 2006
Andy W wrote:
Ah yes, then I misread the first part of your post as saying you didn't
think a software firewall was necessary if you were behind a router.
Forgive the misunderstanding.
Malke
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- Posted by Andy W on February 19th, 2006
No problems Malke, it seems we are both on the same wavelength now.
Andy W
"Malke" wrote:
- Posted by Panda_man on February 19th, 2006
But I would disagree with something more like this one:
Both Zone Alarm and Sygate turn off Windows Firewall while installing so the
user has had 3 firewalls ,not 4.
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"Andy W" wrote:
- Posted by Andy W on February 19th, 2006
Those programs should give you the option to turn off the Windows Firewall
during installation.
I think just because Malke read my reply wrong and now we have sorted the
mistake you are just trying to find a fault in my reply.
It is possible to have those products and the Windows Firewall on at the
same time.
Andy W
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