[HECnet] Bridge Not Talking To Me

[Steve Davidson]

Hey Dave. Why does my ISP ship their newest routers with ping disabled and recommend to not change that?

-Steve

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 18, 2016, at 17:09, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>  Well they used to, but modern router firmware quashes those after a
> couple of packets.  This hasn't been a problem for many yeas.
> 
>              -Dave
> 
>> On 02/18/2016 05:06 PM, Steve Davidson wrote:
>> Broadcast storms aka dos really suck!
>> 
>> -Steve
>> 
>>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 17:04, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Uhh...disabling ICMP is a really bad idea, Steve.  It breaks path MTU
>>> discovery (which is more important than ever these days) and provides no
>>> real security benefit.
>>> 
>>>              -Dave
>>> 
>>>> On 02/18/2016 05:01 PM, Steve Davidson wrote:
>>>> Ping is disable to deter bad elements!
>>>> 
>>>> -Steve
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 15:45, Hans Vlems <hvlems at zonnet.nl> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I cannot ping bridge.declab.net btw
>>>>> 
>>>>> Verzonden vanaf mijn BlackBerry 10-smartphone.
>>>>> Origineel bericht  
>>>>> Van: Steve Davidson
>>>>> Verzonden: donderdag 18 februari 2016 21:18
>>>>> Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>>>>> Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Bridge Not Talking To Me
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sampsa,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Send me your IP address and connect to bridge.declab.net. You will need to disable the MIM link though. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Steve
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 14:17, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I’m too tired (basically it’s the beginning of the weekend here now, 22:16 KSA time) to start messing around with the box :)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I guess we’ll just have to wait for Johnny to get the bridge back up or maybe someone with an alternate connection can set up a temporary bridge?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sampsa
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 18 Feb 2016, at 22:15, Rok Vidmar <rok.vidmar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Unfortunately not running Multinet on my main router
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> CMU connects to Multinet too ;)
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Regards, Rok
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>>> New Kensington, PA
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA