Performance - ESS v4

Anyone having performance issues with ESS v4 (4.0.417). Seems about two weeks ago after an update my internet speeds have slowed. Haven't done anything at this end except due the usual checks and balances with the PC and Comcast was showing stellar results with their tests.

Firewall module is 1045 if that helps.

 

You should update to the latest build .437 which bundles the FW module 1046 which has a lot of fixes for slow speeds.

 

Cool! You recommend an uninstall of ESS and then install .437?

 

For best results: Definitely!

You might even want to do a little manual clean-up after the uninstall of .417 as described here:
http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2116&actp=LIST_POPULAR

 

Yikes... so I get to go through the "interactive" curve of all the firewall settings. Ugh.

 

ups - my bad!

Of course you do first export your firewall settings via the advanced mode:

Setup - Import and Export settings ... (*) Export settings (select filename of your choice)

After reinstallation (you may even skip the username password question) go directly to the advanced mode and import your previous settings.

Reboot and everything should be as it was before (besides the bugs of course )

 

Very nice! I didn't know you could do that. Is that the only thing to concern myself with other than uninstall/cleanup -> reinstall and import FW settings? And where does the export file get dumped? I don't get an option of where to save it. Plus this export must cover any email tweaks I've done for SPAM and save addresses, etc?

 

Actually you export all of your settings including username and password, scheduled jobs etc

After doing a botched install of .437 over .424 in testmode and thus ruining the installation, I had to do exactly that and had no problems at all.

Since I have put quite a little thought into my firewall settings and would hate to lose them, I back them up in a regular fashion -> this precaution (plus the regular system backup) have covered my ass several times in the past

 

Just so you know - if you install over the top, you are given the option to keep all current settings, thus removing the need to go back up the firewall's interactive settings curve.

Of course, if you completely uninstall first and start clean, you mitigate the risk of nightmares.... but I got tired of doing that for each upgrade and have never had any problems at all.

Regarding how to export and where to save settings, take a look here.

philby

 

Weird. I deal with sort of thing frequently and I swear I did not have the save earlier. I had to reboot as the PC was acting odd. Hmm. Anyway, onward.

 

Done.

Odd as I updated FW 1045 to 1046 manually as described elsewhere in the forum. Some where along the line an auto update must have overwritten and rolled it back to 1045. No? Only thing that makes sense. So perhaps 1046 would not update automatically and/or work in version .417?

 

1046 should be the default in .437 without needing an update. Have you perhaps got test mode enabled?