[ILUG] ADSL modem problem

[Ivan Griffin]

I had some similar issues recently with my Netopia modem from Eircom -- 
again about 4-5 yrs old...

I notice my Netopia modem started giving me gyp in the last day or so 
whereby it the DSL was down after a reconfig/reboot until I powercycled 
the box---after which I'm getting these every minute or so:

May  5 14:42:05 netopia_gw Netopia-3000/191097442010 protocol:ICMP srcIP:  159.134.155.2 dstIP:    xx.xx.xx.xx type:    0 code:    0 dropped - violation of security policy
May  5 14:43:06 netopia_gw Netopia-3000/191097442010 protocol:ICMP srcIP:  159.134.155.2 dstIP:    xx.xx.xx.xx type:    0 code:    0 dropped - violation of security policy
May  5 14:44:08 netopia_gw Netopia-3000/191097442010 protocol:ICMP srcIP:  159.134.155.2 dstIP:    xx.xx.xx.xx type:    0 code:    0 dropped - violation of security policy

That IP address is b-ras2.lmk.limerick.eircom.net

It would seem as if these are ICMP echo replies to an Eircom box that is 
pinging my box---but why?


On Wed, 5 May 2010, Raymond O'Donnell wrote:

> On 02/05/2010 17:36, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>> I re-booted my Eircom ADSL modem (Netopia) yesterday,
>> after adding a pin-hole,
>> and it took several hours to come back on line.
>> I'm wondering if that is normal;
>> has anyone else had this experience?
>>
>> I was wondering if the problem is at my end or at Eircom's end.
>>
>> Eircom supplied the modem about 4 years ago, I think.
>> Is there any point in getting a new one?
>> It works fine apart from this one problem.
>
> FWIW we had intermittent connection problems for the last few weeks, and
> it turned out that the router (an Eircom-supplied Netopia) was on the
> blink.... replacing it with a new one fixed the problem. The router was
> about four years, I think - can't remember exactly, but at least that.
>
> Ray.
>
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