On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:14:47 -0700, NoSp wrote
(in article <47108c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> On 13-10-07 02:38, Bob Harris wrote:
>> In article <470f1a51@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, NoSp <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>
>>> Shouldn't I just make up a new "Service" which I call "Ping", and then
>>> leave it unchecked?
>>
>> Do you have a router between you and your broadband connection?
>> If so, then it is your router that is responding to the ping.
>
> Yes, that's correct.
> So I need to configure something there, and not on the Mac?
> Do you know the UDP or TCP ****ts for ping? I could try to set up a
> filter there and try the test out again.
Perhaps not. Normally a router performs NAT, which should act as a
firewall,
refusing to let incoming packets which do not have an associated inside
request through. IOW, if you didn't ask for the packet first, the NAT
should
refuse to pass it on to your computer.
StephenC
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