I know for a fact that Cox@home/@work, Sprint Broadband(speedchoice), PSN's
DSL, primenet DSL & System Solutions DSL, infinet-is all allow icmp since I
use a periodic ping to verify that a VPN is still up. I have yet to see a
provider that blocks your ability to ping and if I run in to a provider that
blocks them, I probably would go elsewhere.

Craig

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Norman
> Lund
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:09 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: DSL reccomendations? anyone using PSN?
>
>
> >
> > they filter out ICMP echo packets, which prevents people from getting
> > pinged (panged, pung, pong'd?).. The techs do it to prevent people from
> > getting or performing ping floods...
> >
>
> How can they function without ICMP?  Just wondering... Unless it's
> selective, I thought that ICMP was a heartbeat style protocol?  I could
> understand not allowing ICMP packets into their routers.. but
> through them?
>
> Norman Lund
> normanlund@kaos-solutions.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Peoples" <hondaman@mainex1.asu.edu>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:41 PM
> Subject: RE: DSL reccomendations? anyone using PSN?
>
>
> > They must have an elaborate filtering mechanism...I pinged a site inside
> of
> > fastq just fine, as did bb
> >
> > ...that site pinged outside too
> >
> > netbios isn't working though...damn, no more telecommuting
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc Chung [mailto:mchung@asu.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 4:49 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: RE: DSL reccomendations? anyone using PSN?
> >
> >
> > > Last time I heard you couldn't ping out of the fastq network
> > > or use netbios (which that is kind of understandable)..
> >
> >
> > ~m
> >
> >
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