DSL reccomendations? anyone using PSN?

[Norman Lund]

>
> 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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