[HECnet] Bridge Not Talking To Me

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