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    How to disable WAN ping

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    • M
      mst
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      I am trying to figure it out how to disable WAN ping …. Let's say I don't want to anybody be able to ping my WAN IP.

      Thank You for advice

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      • C
        csnf
        last edited by

        This should be default.  You have to create a rule to allow ICMP echo for it to respond to ping on WAN.

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        • chpalmerC
          chpalmer
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          If your public IP is pingable and you have done nothing on your firewall to enable it, I would guess that your ISP probably has provided you with a gateway device and either port forwards to you as you request or put you in some form of DMZ with the gateway device responding to the pings…

          What is your network topology?  Connection type?  I.E. Cable, DSL, Fiber, Wireless, ect...

          Triggering snowflakes one by one..
          Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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            mst
            last edited by

            Thank you for your reply. take my appologies for a confusion. I believe it is blocked. What I did was pinging WAN from inside of a LAN by my mistake. If I ping it from other remote LAN it was not pinging so it is like it should be.

            I have Comcast cable.

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            • chpalmerC
              chpalmer
              last edited by

              Keep in mind at least around here Comcast provides a "gateway" device to its Commercial customers. This is a router device and will usually respond to pings…

              If your a residential customer then would depend on the modem you use...

              Good Luck!

              Triggering snowflakes one by one..
              Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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