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<blockquote data-quote="Prospero" data-source="post: 770243" data-attributes="member: 113194">I was thinking along the lines of an interactive wizard which gathers what information it can from the network and asks you what else it needs to know about your configuration, then configures what it can itself and gives you instructions for the rest.With services like Bonjour and uPnP clients/servers/installers can discover substantially more about each other than in the past. Where the installer may not easily be able to configure the firewall in an external router, for example, it ought to be able to help the user by suggesting what needs to be configured.Agreed, there are several different possible configurations, but not a limitless number of possibilities, and most of the common ones could be catered for. Really what it comes down to is whether there is anyone with sufficient time, energy and motivation to implement something like this. I realise that with a non-commercial product it's simply not practical to do all this.P.S. Just a note to say thanks to all the people who do do so much fantastic work on this wonderful project. Sometimes it's easy to criticise and even easier to forget to give credit where it's due. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prospero, post: 770243, member: 113194"] I was thinking along the lines of an interactive wizard which gathers what information it can from the network and asks you what else it needs to know about your configuration, then configures what it can itself and gives you instructions for the rest. With services like Bonjour and uPnP clients/servers/installers can discover substantially more about each other than in the past. Where the installer may not easily be able to configure the firewall in an external router, for example, it ought to be able to help the user by suggesting what needs to be configured. Agreed, there are several different possible configurations, but not a limitless number of possibilities, and most of the common ones could be catered for. Really what it comes down to is whether there is anyone with sufficient time, energy and motivation to implement something like this. I realise that with a non-commercial product it's simply not practical to do all this. P.S. Just a note to say thanks to all the people who do do so much fantastic work on this wonderful project. Sometimes it's easy to criticise and even easier to forget to give credit where it's due. ;) [/QUOTE]

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