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July 16th 09, 11:57 PM
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Vista - firewall affected DSL speed
I just got a new Vista computer and I found that my DSL speed was
abnormally slow. I called the ISP and they said to turn off the firewall. This fixed it. I wasn't aware a firewall could affect your modem speed so much. The XP firewall had never done that. 
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July 17th 09, 01:01 AM
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Vista - firewall affected DSL speed
"Richard Fangnail" wrote in message
... I just got a new Vista computer and I found that my DSL speed was abnormally slow. I called the ISP and they said to turn off the firewall. This fixed it. I wasn't aware a firewall could affect your modem speed so much. The XP firewall had never done that. It doesn't.. -- Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
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July 17th 09, 01:28 AM
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Vista - firewall affected DSL speed
On Jul 16, 6:01*pm, "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
"Richard Fangnail" wrote in message I wasn't aware a firewall could affect your modem speed so much. *The XP firewall had never done that. It doesn't.. Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experiencehttp://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/ What are you saying, exactly? XP firewall is diff from Vista firewall?
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July 17th 09, 02:33 AM
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Vista - firewall affected DSL speed
Richard Fangnail wrote:
On Jul 16, 6:01*pm, "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: "Richard Fangnail" wrote in message I wasn't aware a firewall could affect your modem speed so much. *The XP firewall had never done that. It doesn't.. Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experiencehttp://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/ What are you saying, exactly? XP firewall is diff from Vista firewall? He is saying that the firewall has NO effect on your modem speed.
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July 17th 09, 04:20 AM
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Vista - firewall affected DSL speed
On Jul 16, 7:33*pm, Manny Weisbord
wrote: wrote: On Jul 16, 6:01*pm, "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: "RichardFangnail" wrote in message I wasn't aware a firewall could affect your modem speed so much. *The XP firewall had never done that. It doesn't.. Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experiencehttp://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/ What are you saying, exactly? XP firewall is diff fromVistafirewall? He is saying that the firewall has NO effect on your modem speed. If the firewall was not the problem, why might DSL speeds with Vista be slower than with my XP machine? If it keeps getting slow, what would you suggest apart from talking with the ISP?
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July 17th 09, 04:50 AM
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Vista - firewall affected DSL speed
Update: after my original post, the computer wouldn't boot so I
brought it back to the store and exchanged it. When I set it up, again the DSL was slow, and again I turned off the firewall, and again it was faster. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I switched computers and this confused the DSL modem? When I had the XP computer, the LAN light on the modem would be on all the time. Now, it's not on if the computer is not on. The Link light was and is on all the time (all 3 computers).
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July 17th 09, 07:07 AM
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Vista - firewall affected DSL speed
The firewall doesn't do anything to the DSL side of the modem. It can slow
down the data transfer between the modem and the P/C. It's usually a matter of finding out what firewall setting(s) are related to the slowdown. "Richard Fangnail" wrote in message ... I just got a new Vista computer and I found that my DSL speed was abnormally slow. I called the ISP and they said to turn off the firewall. This fixed it. I wasn't aware a firewall could affect your modem speed so much. The XP firewall had never done that.
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