[clug] ADSL modem woes

Pilcher, Fred Fred.Pilcher at act.gov.au
Thu Aug 21 04:22:11 GMT 2008


Thanks for your suggestions, folks. :-)

I'll check those and see what happens.

Cheers,

Fred 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Edwards [mailto:bob at cs.anu.edu.au] 
> Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 2:14 PM
> To: Pilcher, Fred
> Cc: linux at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [clug] ADSL modem woes
> 
> 
> Normally you wouldn't ping the modem but the router or PC behind it.
> Do you know the IP address that your friend is getting from Telstra?
> 
> Could also be that Telstra block ICMP (ping) packets coming 
> in as they are not normally up to any good going out to an 
> ADSL customer, unless said customer has a static IP address.
> 
> If your friends PC or router has, eg., an SSH server running 
> on it, then you could try telnet'ing to port 22 of her IP 
> address and see if TCP packets can get through on that port.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob Edwards.
> 
> Pilcher, Fred wrote:
> > I've been helping a friend move into the light, and I want 
> to set up 
> > remote access via krfb.
> > 
> > Problem is that I can't connect to her Telstra ADSL modem, 
> nor can I 
> > even ping it, though she can ping me. I can't see anyhing 
> in the modem 
> > settings that would be blocking ping responses or remote 
> connections.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Fred
> >   
> > 
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