@erlinden is checking, and as far as I'm concerned, that's not the only thing I wrote.
What’s the other thing? Changing the DNS to a less popular one? I’ll try and see, though the chances of someone spoofing DNS between me and the ISP or at a higher level are insanely low
And as a side note: Thank you for the help so far (really, regardless of what I’m about to comment), though you should take savage’s feedback about constructive comments.
You don't have a default firewall, so all the world's problems are dumped on you.
This was in fact an assumption based on partial information. It would have been better phrased as a possibility along with a question to confirm it that was the case.
Whoever set it up for you, didn't know what they were doing™.
Regardless of the fact that I don’t know what I’m doing (lol), this comment does not contribute anything to the conversation itself, nor does it help to pinpoint the issue. In a more serious environment this could be considered unprofessional.
Anyone forced to set those two rules […] surely has a poorly configured firewall. There's little to say; it's an objective thing, not subjective or a matter of preference...
An assumption made with partial or incomplete information is not an objective statement.
By the way, whether it's constructive or not is up to others to decide, not me.
Even though you cannot control how people will perceive your comments, you are the one who decides and controls whether to make them constructive or not.
In fact, I posted the page on how the default firewall is configured on the forum...
Speaking of constructive, a link to that page would have been useful.
if you don't want things to APPEAR one way or another,
always provide details...
True, though a question asking for more information could have been made in the first comment like erliden did.
“Why 20 sec?”
Why 10s?
Rather than explaining the effect of setting the timeout higher or how it could be affecting DNS requests, this reply does not give me any reason to change the timeout to 20s, so it’s not helpful feedback really. Even if you are right, you cannot convince people that your choice is right / objetively better / whatever if you don’t explain the reason.
as I'm concerned, that's not the only thing I wrote.
And this is also not helpful. As far as I’m aware I have been checking everything other members and you have written. Dropping “ah but you missed something” and not saying what it is does not help.
Please don’t take this personally. I have been through different processes that required me to both give and receive feedback, hence some of the feedback I am giving you was given to me at some point. I hope you find this useful like I did, and again, thanks for all the help so far.
