Re: No Ping through D-Link DSL-504

Jasper <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I've recently purchaced a D-Link DSL-504 and was chuffed when it
>pretty much worked out of the box (I only needed to enter my Pipex
>username and password). However I cannot ping through it, either from
>the pc or the ping utility in the 504 configuartion browser. Also if I
>run an online port scan like http://scan.sygate.com it says that port
>8 is blocked. There is no firewall on that pc so all the other ports
>are not blocked.
>
>Any ideas.
>
>Jasp
I seem unable to ping any sites at all. Presumably ISPs are still
blocking ping packet to prevent attacks from all the microsoft
sponsored worms. (DSL-300G+ and linux box, ping used
to work fine)

dom.



dom