northstar518 Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 I recently installed a Sygate 5.6 firewall on my laptop;Ialready had a hardware firewall(Netgear router) and since then my connection speeds increased about 500 kbps.I thought firewalls slowed down a pc.I prev:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 9961 Kbps about 10 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1216 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Thu Feb 2 05:27:20 EST 2006 Bottom Line:: 178X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.84 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 51.02 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LCVW73KP2 iously had Zone Alarm and my machine slowed to a crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstar518 Posted February 2, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 958 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 117 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Thu Feb 2 05:38:42 EST 2006 Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 8.75 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 51.58 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-N1EYBJK89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKO Posted February 10, 2006 CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 Wow are you serious? I see its from Optimum Online too which I am having problems with also with their capping, You have a link to download sygate? I heard its one of the best firewalls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstar518 Posted February 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 11, 2006 type Sygate 5.6 2808 in your searchbar;search Yahoo for Tucows download site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstar518 Posted February 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 11, 2006 Sygate - Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 " Download ... http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 11, 2006 CID Share Posted February 11, 2006 Heres the link if you want to download it. http://www.simtel.com/product.download.mirrors.php?id=53687 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKO Posted February 11, 2006 CID Share Posted February 11, 2006 Hey joeandjan518, Thanks alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstar518 Posted February 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 11, 2006 JKO,did you install Sygate?Any increase or decrease in speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticWolf Posted February 11, 2006 CID Share Posted February 11, 2006 yeah Sygate is a great firewall, problem is there are no more updates for it. So I'm using Outpost firewall suggested from VanBuren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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