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Speed issues with web content filter on 2820 (wcf)
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29 Sep 2010 12:55 #64011
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Speed issues with web content filter on 2820 (wcf) was created by sl33
I'm using a new 2820 and I need to have the web content filter enabled to restrict access to sites by users.
The problem is that this slows down general website access tremendously (20 seconds to load bbc news instead of 2 seconds without the filter enabled). I assume that for each check of a website, the router needs to query a database that's elsewhere on the internet.
Has anyone got any experience of other Draytek products further up the range and whether they can process the filter quicker (or hold a local copy of the filter database)?
The problem is that this slows down general website access tremendously (20 seconds to load bbc news instead of 2 seconds without the filter enabled). I assume that for each check of a website, the router needs to query a database that's elsewhere on the internet.
Has anyone got any experience of other Draytek products further up the range and whether they can process the filter quicker (or hold a local copy of the filter database)?
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29 Sep 2010 13:11 #64012
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Replied by j03y on topic Speed issues with web content filter on 2820 (wcf)
What firmware are you using?
You could try disabling "Enable Strict Security Firewall" if you have it selected in Firewall > General Setup to see if that helps.
You could try disabling "Enable Strict Security Firewall" if you have it selected in Firewall > General Setup to see if that helps.
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29 Sep 2010 13:28 #64013
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I'm using firmware 3.3.3_232201.
Strict security is NOT enabled.
Replied by sl33 on topic Speed issues with web content filter on 2820 (wcf)
What firmware are you using?J03y wrote:
You could try disabling "Enable Strict Security Firewall" if you have it selected in Firewall > General Setup to see if that helps.
I'm using firmware 3.3.3_232201.
Strict security is NOT enabled.
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29 Sep 2010 14:10 #64015
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Replied by voodle on topic Speed issues with web content filter on 2820 (wcf)
If you're seeing speed issues with the WCF on 3.3.3, that's probably because the surfcontrol service is being semi-discontinued by websense, which is why it's been replaced with the globalview WCF in the 3.3.4 firmware (along with subscription). It might be worth trying the 3.3.4 firmware and using the 30 day trial of globalview to see if that speeds things up.
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29 Sep 2010 14:15 #64016
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Thanks for the tip. I'll upgrade the firmware and see if that helps.
Replied by sl33 on topic Speed issues with web content filter on 2820 (wcf)
If you're seeing speed issues with the WCF on 3.3.3, that's probably because the surfcontrol service is being semi-discontinued by websense, which is why it's been replaced with the globalview WCF in the 3.3.4 firmware (along with subscription). It might be worth trying the 3.3.4 firmware and using the 30 day trial of globalview to see if that speeds things up.Voodle wrote:
Thanks for the tip. I'll upgrade the firmware and see if that helps.
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29 Sep 2010 14:24 #64017
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Replied by NeilH on topic Speed issues with web content filter on 2820 (wcf)
But make certain that none of the new bugs reported in this forum will cause you a problem.
I had to give up on 3.3.4 as it kept restarting the ADSL line every few minutes, going back to 3.3.3 sorted out the problem.
I am suprised at Draytek as it is now more than 3 months since the last software release and there is no update in sight.
In my opion, the latest software is the worst ever produced. They added many new features but created even more bugs!!
I had to give up on 3.3.4 as it kept restarting the ADSL line every few minutes, going back to 3.3.3 sorted out the problem.
I am suprised at Draytek as it is now more than 3 months since the last software release and there is no update in sight.
In my opion, the latest software is the worst ever produced. They added many new features but created even more bugs!!
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