Enable Protection Engine option

FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 06, 2023
Seems that this maybe related to Bit Defender.
RVx1
Apprentice
Dec 06, 2023
Hi ,

yes , i have the V1 Version .
The firmware is V1.0.16.132_2.0.92 and came from automatic update some days ago
I dont't know if this option came in the last FW update or was already there. The default seems to be ON

From my testing is not related with Armor . I have a valid Armor subscription and with that flag on or off does not seems to change anything in Armor
The only evidence is that the ping is much higher if the flag is on

Switching on/off the router apply immediatly wiout reboot or waiting but suddenly the ping time change
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  Dec 06, 2023
  Seems that Armor differs from Bit Defender.
  
  Someone told me from there review of this, seems to be Bit Defender related however haven't got official word from NG yet. Information shows more memory usage when it's enabled vs not enabled. So something is using more memory when it's enabled.
  
  Doe ping time change for the better or worse when it's enabled and disabled?
  
  Seems like NG is pushing FW to a small group as a test. I wish they would use other resources first before going out to the public. 🤔
  
  Try both enabled and disabled for this feature and post your experiences. If something comes up or you find a problem post here and let us know.
  - RVx1
    Apprentice
    Dec 06, 2023
    Hi ,
    Until now only evicence is ping time and after the last switch off to on the router crash and i had to restart it
    
    Here below the ping time all with ethernet cable
    FLAG DISABLED
    C:\Users\rober>ping 192.168.10.1 -t -n 5
    Esecuzione di Ping 192.168.10.1 con 32 byte di dati:
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=1ms TTL=64
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=1ms TTL=64
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=1ms TTL=64
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=1ms TTL=64
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=1ms TTL=64
    Statistiche Ping per 192.168.10.1:
    Pacchetti: Trasmessi = 5, Ricevuti = 5,
    Persi = 0 (0% persi),
    Tempo approssimativo percorsi andata/ritorno in millisecondi:
    Minimo = 1ms, Massimo = 1ms, Medio = 1ms
    
    FLAG ENABLED ( default )
    C:\Users\rober>ping 192.168.10.1 -t -n 5
    Esecuzione di Ping 192.168.10.1 con 32 byte di dati:
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=6ms TTL=64
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=6ms TTL=64
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=4ms TTL=64
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=4ms TTL=64
    Risposta da 192.168.10.1: byte=32 durata=4ms TTL=64
    Statistiche Ping per 192.168.10.1:
    Pacchetti: Trasmessi = 5, Ricevuti = 5,
    Persi = 0 (0% persi),
    Tempo approssimativo percorsi andata/ritorno in millisecondi:
    Minimo = 4ms, Massimo = 6ms, Medio = 4ms
    C:\Users\rober>

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