On 04/01/2016 03:51 PM, Dave Howorth wrote:
Ahh, Enable IPv6 was set. That could cause a timeout. I've unset it and will check if that fixes the problem. Later ... That certainly fixes part of the problem. There's still a delay for the Firewall and/or something called Modem Manager. I've no idea what that is or why it would be active.
Can you expand on that, please. Is wicked still taking time? Is the firewall still a source of delay? Any idea why? I wonder if there is some config issue with the firewall? Is there anything in the logs that might indicate what is happening? I've tried to clear out unnecessary processes in my IP stack and don't run firewall on the PC. I've got filtering on my DSl router and on the DSL/switch port. If I could justify a host-based firewall on the PC which is downstream of the switch, then I'd have to justify a firewall of some sort on every other device downstream of the switch like the printer. It gets excessive. The DSL router and the switch port are the common 'choke points'. That's where I have the filtering. I'm trusting that my printer won't suddenly turn round and attack my wifi router. I think that's a reasonable assumption :-) Now the Saturday morning TL;DR bit ... I realise that many people in the 'at home' context connect their PC "directly" to the 'net via a simple model, be it dial-up, DSL, fibre, whatever. I also realise that many people are in a corporate setting where they really don't know what else is out there on the large scale corporate LAN/WAN. For these people host based firewall is a necessity. Sidebar: Oh, it gets worse! my neighbour, a 85 year old "little old lady" has a wifi couple tablet she turns on in the evenings to use to email/skype with her daughter and grandkids, sometimes. I see it appear as "mariasmodem". It is cable/DSL supplied by the cable company. A techie came by one day and set it up for her. It has a USB port and a set of 4 Ethernet ports on the back. All it does is NAT. I don't think she has a firewall on the old Apple laptop her son gave her, and I dread to think what she has plugged n to those Ethernet ports. What's more terrifying is that there are millions of people with much the same set-up. Its people like her that NEED host based security, but rarely have it. I realise that Microsoft have tried to add a host based firewall to MS-Windows for some while now, but I also see many people turning it off. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org