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Originally Posted by davidfor
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Originally Posted by Joeldmtl
Not to be argumentative, but if you reread my post it explicitly says that charging is not blocked by the firewall. What it is saying is that the function of connecting e-readers to Kobo.com can be blocked by the firewall. Thereby blocking firmware updates and e-books to be downloaded to the e-reader.
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No, the device is mounted as a mass storage device. There is no interaction with the firewall. It's possible an anti-virus program could block it, or group policies. But it would probably block other devices. The latter is done in corporate environments, but there is usually a notification when the device is blocked. |
I read the message as saying that the firewall could block the computer's ability to connect to Kobo's website and download ebooks or firmware and not that the Kobo ereader's USB connection would be blocked.
We do use some policies on our corporate firewalls at work that can prevent connections to various websites -- at this time, the biggest use is blocking streaming video of Olympic events. For some strange reason, finding out that over the last two weeks, our Internet connection was pretty much maxed out at ~500Mbps for most of the "work" day was not considered a "Good Thing" by higher management.
Regards,
David