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ibook Firewall

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  • 19-09-2005 9:24am
    #1
    Mariana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭


    Just got broadband at home yesterday.
    Surfing away mad on my ibook for a few hours, Skype and all that goodness.
    Then I decided to check this firewall business out.
    And turned it all on. now it seems that my connection has slowed down a lot.
    Is this normal?


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    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    It is, one of the pitfalls of Firewall.


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    Hugh_C
    Registered Users Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭Hugh_C


    Hamndegger wrote:
    It is, one of the pitfalls of Firewall.


    Huh?

    Don't think so.

    OS X's internal firewall just blocks some ports. Shouldn't affect any of the regular ports (80, 22, 25 yadda yadda yadda). Maybe Skype's ports get blocked - all you have to find out is what range of ports Skype needs open and write a little firewall rule to open them back up again.


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    Mariana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭Mariana


    Nah, it's not Skype that's being affected it's the overall internet speed.
    For instance boards takes an age to load pages at home and my connection should technically be faster than the one I have at work


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    Hugh_C
    Registered Users Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭Hugh_C


    Mariana wrote:
    Nah, it's not Skype that's being affected it's the overall internet speed.
    For instance boards takes an age to load pages at home and my connection should technically be faster than the one I have at work


    boards always takes an age to load.

    Dunno, sorry for your troubles. Firewall doesn't afftect my speed.


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    babypink
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭babypink


    hughchal wrote:
    boards always takes an age to load.


    true that....Safari+boards=patience in abundance!

    check out http://www.irishisptest.com/myspeed/ to test your connection speed


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