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> Wouldn't that make things worse? Those applications usually expect to be able to make these calls. So now, instead of lagging once in a while when the home ba
by tablespoon 4y ago
> Wouldn't that make things worse? Those applications usually expect to be able to make these calls. So now, instead of lagging once in a while when the home base is having troubles, it will lag all the time.
Not necessarily. The lag may be waiting for the remote server to respond to a request, and the app may move on quickly if it can't open a connection at all. It's not totally uncommon to work totally offline (e.g. on an airplane), so there's a decent chance the test that scenario.
- tdrgabi 4y agoIn my experience, each time a firewall is blocking a connection, you experience it as a timeout, so the app tries to connect and finally times out. Which would take longer. I haven't tried though
- iforgotpassword 4y agoNo, it usually results in an immediate connection refused.
- tsukurimashou 4y agoit won't wait for a timeout if the connection is explicitly dropped by a blocking rule
- happymellon 4y agoIt depends entirely on how the firewall is set up. If you are getting timeouts then the folks who set up the firewall hate you.