A hardware issue - was Re: [clug] Firewall settings on NetGear modem/router?

[jm]

This is incorrect. On a velocity connection.


$ ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.127.100): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.127.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=238 time=282.719 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.127.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=238 time=278.211 ms
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 278.211/280.465/282.719/2.254 ms


Sam Couter wrote:
> Alex Satrapa <alexsatrapa at mac.com> wrote:
>   
>> Finally, check that ping works (this won't work if you're on
>> Velocity in Canberra, they block ICMP at their border router):
>>     
>
> Truly? That's retarded. What do they think they're going to achieve?
>