HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

[Paul Gear]

On 14/07/10 22:35, Basil Chupin wrote:
> ...
> Today, as replacement, I bought the Netcomm NB9WMAXX (ADSL2+VoIP) 
> modem/router and now have it working for both ADSL and VoIP.
>
> However, for the first time in ~7 years I now FAIL the ShieldsUp!, 
> TruStealth, test on grc.com: all ports are in Stealth mode but the 
> FAILure occurs because the Netcomm accepts and replies to ICMP pings. 
> This didn't occur on the Netgear and the Zyxel modems I had before.
> ...
> Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

As far as i can tell from the documentation at 
http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-products/voip/nb9wmaxx, there is no 
way to disable pings for the WAN interface.

My advice: ignore grc.com. :-)

Paul

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