Default setting for Avast SecureLine is 'Public' whilst your trusted home network should be 'Private'.
See Pondus's reply here about Private and Public settings: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=224130.msg1488167#msg1488167
Your connectivity depends on many factors when using Avast SecureLine:
- Your actual location
- What programs or protocols you are trying to run
- What ASL servers you are using
- Your ISP and service provided
- Some ISP services are better than others
Do you have the same issues when not using ASL?
Hi mchain,
Thanks for your timely reply. I should have given some background on this. I am currently using Avast VPN when connected to a home network. This is due to security issues that have arisen in the past, as well as a current vulnerability, with the modem/router firmware. To be more precise, the particular computer that I am having the problem with is bridged via Ethernet to the wireless home network. The programs I have particularly noticed with the most problems with are MS Office components (e.g. Outlook, Excel and Word). I am currently using the Optimal Location in ASL (at first I thought you were referring to an asynchronous subscriber line
). My ISP is Bell Canada and the service is optic fiber to the node and DSL from there. I have found that when I turn off the VPN things work as they should.
I do have another computer connected directly via WiFi to the home network, but alas it is in need of at least a partial rebuild. My tablet is working fine with the Avast VPN turned on.
Any further thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.