ping - Shields Up says it does but it don't

[PatMcLJr]

My ISP (Insight if you know them) says I had open ports. OK I did! Shame on me! I'll blame my $15.00 router but I know it's my fault. OK took care of that.

But when I run Shields Up from grc.com it keeps telling me it can ping (IMCP) me. I tried to get the firewall to stop, or drop the ping and it seems to on my local network, I can't ping my my boxes locally and I can't even ping my router. But Shields Up keeps telling me it can ping me. Any one know how I can see what's sending the ping, or I guess they call it the pong, back to echo the ping?

Thanks,
Pat Jr.

[CSchwangler]

Has your router logging capabilities? My router has an option to turn on logging on various activities. That should give you information about who is accessing the router from outside.

[Iron_Mike]

Has your router logging capabilities? My router has an option to turn on logging on various activities. That should give you information about who is accessing the router from outside.


One of the options should be "block icmp requests" (pings) from the Wan side.

[JEO]

"Any one know how I can see what's sending the ping, or I guess they call it the pong, back to echo the ping?"

I like to use the package "wireshark" you can capture all packets on your lan port and dissect them. Since I use gnome I install "wireshark-gnome".

[PatMcLJr]

Hey Thanks Guys!
Tips and help much appreciated.

Pat Jr.

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trying wireshark now
gezzzz! I didn't know so much was going on! makes me want to disconnect it!

now, how to analyze it???
Thanks,
Pat Jr.
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