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Screenshot 21: Agent Settings - Advanced tab
4. (Optional) Click Advanced tab and select Create temporary custom share. When this option is
enabled and administrative shares are disabled on agent machines, GFI LanGuard creates a
temporary shared folder for transferring information.
5. Click OK to save and close dialog.
WARNING
Communication on TCP port 1070 must be enabled in Windows firewall for GFI
LanGuard Agents to send data to GFI LanGuard.
4.5 Configuring Relay Agents
In larger networks you may experience some performance degradation due to the number of scan
targets and the volume of data transferred to the GFI LanGuard server component. This results in
slower scan-speed and retrieval of scan data.
To help you avoid performance issues and apply load balancing techniques, GFI LanGuard enables you
to configure Agents to act as a relay of the server. Agents that are configured as Relay Agents
download patches and definitions directly from GFI LanGuard server and forward them to client
computers (which can be Agent-based and Agent-less computers). The main advantages of using Relay
Agents are: