Topic 'Can't ping my IP' in forum 'AT&T Midwest' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Cant-ping-my-IP-19815978 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:06:53 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:06:53 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20174138 said by uwbadgers:

Any idea what might still have me crossed-up?
Use this web site to ping your public IP
Whois Ping Port Scanner NSlookup & Traceroute Tool

If there is no reply to the ping there is another configuration that will work. You would need to install a PPPoE client on the computer and configure the modem to use "Bridge Mode (PPPoE is not used)".
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No AV. No firewall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20169278 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:20:20 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20168536 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20168536 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:33:13 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20167992 »AT&T Midwest/Ameritech FAQ »How do I make a Motorola 2210 pingable?
(and "hexwiz"'s post in this thread) which detailed the steps I followed in the 2nd paragraph of my post. The IP address of my PC is now 76.x.x.x and the modem is set as specified in the FAQ.

Any idea what might still have me crossed-up?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20167992 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:14:49 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20167958 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20167958 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:05:19 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20167932
I have read all of the messages (including this thread) and FAQs in the forums and thus have changed the 'Connection Type' to 'Smart keep alive', under LAN settings selected 'YES, Use public IP address', and clicked 'Save Settings' on my modem and restarted the modem and also rebooted my PC. Still no dice.

Any ideas what else I need to do in order to be able to successfully ping my computer so that I can use the Line Monitoring tools?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-20167932 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:52:02 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19942868 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19942868 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:31:33 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19891068 said by Dennis:

if your IP is chaning that much, something is wrong....

post line 140 to 148 of your Technician readout in your modem.
140 Current Rate 1536 384
141 Previous Rate 0 0
142 DSL Max Rate - -
143 DSL Min Rate - -
144 Current ATTN DR 4224 896
145 Current SNRM 16.0 16.0
146 Current LATN 51.0 31.0
147 Current SATN - -
148 Current TP 13.4 5.5]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19891068 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:40:54 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19891017 --
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post line 140 to 148 of your Technician readout in your modem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19891005 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:33:05 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19890926
I do have the modem set to Smart Keep Alive. I also installed the DynDNS auto-update client. Since all of this, I haven't changed an IP once since Saturday.

Now all that's left is to configure the update client for DSLR line monitoring.

But the good news is that I can ping my IP. That and I saved a ton of money by switching to GEICO. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19890926 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:21:03 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19883308 said by hexwiz:

Ideally the IP address that you get with an AT&T DSL connection should not change until the modem reconnects, but I've seen it happen even without a reconnect (when the AT&T server's lease time expires??). There is no timer to expire. It only changes if the PPPoE session goes down for some reason.

If your IP is changing often, then you have a misconfiguration somewhere or a bad line. Make sure your on smart keep alive, not connect on Demand on the PPPoE device.
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Downloaded and installed the client and it seems as if everything is running as I hoped.

Did I mention you're the best, RD? [/butt kissing] :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19879246 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:35:49 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19878325 »www.dyndns.com/support/clients/

They work with the free accounts just fine.
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I use them for one of my lines. Do you have the computer on all the time? If so you can use their client to update automatically. Mine detects and updates within 5 minutes of the IP address change. If the computer is not on all the time the client will auto-start as a service and update as soon as the computer gets going.
Yes, I do leave my PC on all the time. Also, I haven't seen anything on DynDNS that provides auto update, at least for the free account. When I get some time later today I'll check into a client to handle IP updates for me.

I do appreciate everyone's help and input in this thread!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19878025 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:28:19 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19876557 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19876557 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:36:42 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19876029 --
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DHCP lease time just affects the renewal interval on the LAN side of the router. There is nothing you can do about the WAN side since that's controlled at the other end (Redback router, etc.) via the PPPoE functionality. You may go weeks or months without it changing and then have a flurry where it changes a couple of times a day.

You should be running a DDNS client to automagically set the hostname to your current address. What dynamic DNS service are you using?
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What I am now trying to accomplish is to stabilize IP renewal.
I have to manually update my DDNS often since the IP changes at the drop of a hat. I was wondering if changing the DHCP lease time had anything to do with reducing how many times my IP changes. I posted the screen shot showing what I exactly I changed on the interface regarding changing DHCP lease time.

Or with DSL, is that the nature of the beast when you get dynamic IP's - you get dynamic IP's. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19875876 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:25:54 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19875827
It's not that complicated except for that damn modem. In the almost 8 years I've had DSL from Ameritech/SBC/ATT I've never seen such an annoying piece of work. Well, except for that Alcatel "Stingray" USB modem...

Just so I don't lose track of where you are in this, you can ping your public address now but your DDNS hostname is not updating?
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I was just trying to keep my IP's from changing at such a short interval - if at all possible.
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My DHCP lease was set at the default 10 minutes. I set this to 14 days since having it change every 10 minutes or even 1/day would not allow me to keep up with line monitoring and having to refresh my DynDNS hostname.

So, 14 day DHCP lease - good or bad? If bad, what are suggested settings or what is a realistic lease time?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19875476 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:16:54 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19868395 AT&T Midwest/Ameritech FAQ »How do I make a Motorola 2210 pingable?
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whoa whoa.....is a ping really worth doing all that????
I'm beginning to think not. I was hoping it was an easy "change this setting to this".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19822807 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:39:17 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19822185 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19822185 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:07:10 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19822141 --
God bless our troops]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19822141 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:00:37 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19821987 said by Dennis:

said by wayjac:

You will need to select "Bridged Mode (PPPoE is not used)." on the ppp location page to stop the modem from dropping the pings.
and then configure the router to do PPPoE...which I don't personally recommend.
I dont use a router.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19821987 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:37:13 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19821822 It blocks all unsolicited wan traffic public and private address.

The modem did something else very strange with the PPP location page set to PPP is on the modem or PPP is on the computer, with or without a username/password. The modem's PPPoE client kept starting and ending PPPoE sessions.

I sure would appreciate it if someone else with this modem would check this out, so I'll know if it's me or that modem that has a problem.
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You will need to select "Bridged Mode (PPPoE is not used)." on the ppp location page to stop the modem from dropping the pings.
and then configure the router to do PPPoE...which I don't personally recommend.
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While you wait for help to roll by, take a look through »Motorola 2210 and pingable WAN address - - especially the last post.
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But I digress, how can I fix the incoming ping issue?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19817117 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:58:32 EDT Re: Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19816812 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Cant-ping-my-IP-19816812 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:01:23 EDT Can't ping my IP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Cant-ping-my-IP-19815978
I was on the group line monitor in the Charter forum when I had Charter HSI and opened up my firewall accordingly (using Comodo 3.0.13.268). I switched over to at&t DSL and did not change my firewall settings. I am still using DynDNS for my dynamic IP.

I can shut down my firewall and still cannot ping my IP. My firewall logs are totally empty so it seems nothing is getting past the modem. I can ping out and run a tracert as long as I allow my firewall to do it but no matter what no pings are allowed in. I do not use Windows firewall and I did verify that it is not on.

I am using WinXP and a Motorola 2210 connected directly to my computer.

I am totally lost as to what to do next. My searches are coming up empty handed. Help please!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Cant-ping-my-IP-19815978 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:09:46 EDT