How Do I Control Being 'Pingable' or 'Stealth'? Linksys FAQ

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How Do I Control Being 'Pingable' or 'Stealth'?

The following is for the BEFSR41. Note that "SPI" was removed in recent firmware so does not apply.
"Pingable": "Block WAN Request" Disabled and "SPI" Disabled.
TCP "Stealth": "Block WAN Request" Enabled or "SPI" Enabled or see UDP "Stealth".
UDP "Stealth": Set a dummy-IP in DMZ. This also runs TCP "Stealth". (warning: reported to cause instability)

Note: Enabling "SPI" disables all port forwarding and DMZ.

For more info see: »INFO: PING, TCP, UDP and LinkSys Replies

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by Bill_MI edited by Lanik
last modified: 2005-06-22 00:27:08

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