[HECnet] Bridge Not Talking To Me

[Dave McGuire]

  Because they're clueless.

           -Dave

On 02/18/2016 09:17 PM, Steve Davidson wrote:
> 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


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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA