[ILUG] Eircom broadband blocking incoming TCP connections from outside Ireland?

[Brendan Kehoe]

Maciej Blizinski wrote:
> I've found out that it only works when I connect from hosts in
> Ireland. When I try to connect from Poland (that's what I've tested),
> the result is as if the port was filtered -- the connection times out.
>
> The same thing happens with VoIP. Nobody from outside Poland can call
> me. The call just times out. 

I just checked that I'm still able to SSH into my machine off Eircom via
a computer in San Diego, CA and another in the UK.  Perhaps it was the
Poland ISP?

B