Roku & Slowness With Transparent Skiplist Slowness Resolution

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I am in the process of removing the cable boxes in my home replacing them with a two Roku devices. In the course of this activity I discovered adding the Roku devices(network group) to the transparent skiplist ( web protection>filtering options>misc>transparent mode skip list>skip transparent mode source and check the box allow http/s traffic for listed hosts/nets) resulted in unusual slowness while enguaged in loading a number channels. Netflix and youtube tv were the most affected. Initially as a work around I used a masquerade rule roku devices group>external wan. The masquerade rule worked very well performace wise. However the firewall log grew to a huge size filling with RST logging from the Roku devices. Today allowed time to investigate further and provided a clear answer. In my case I am using both the web proxy and application control. What I discovered is that one must also add the Roku devices to the application control skip hosts/nets (web protection>application control>advanced>skip hosts/nets). Additionally I have an exception in the IPS skipping all checks from the Roku devices>and going to these destinations>any (network protection>intrusion prevention>exceptions). I removed the masqerade rule and one fire allowing the Ruku devices to go out on ports 80 443. Given there was a masqerade rule in place the firewall rule was likely not needed. By following the above noted step performance was equal to or better then using a masquerade rule and completely absent of any RST loggin issues. I supect I am not seeing any logging related to the Roku devices is because the web proxy handles logging differently than firewall rules. Either way I now am experiencing very good performance absents of issues. My hope is my quest will help another who has experienced this issue.

Thanks,

Jim