On Monday 28 March 2005 10:35 am, Wybo Dekker wrote:

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, John Andersen wrote:

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First, RUN AWAY from GRC. The man's middle name is FUD.

OK, thanks...

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Second your modem has a SIP feature. Lots of SIP implementations over-react to unsolicited inbound packets. In general, if you intend to have a service (web server) behind this type of firewall you should disable sip.

But what is SIP? (Session Initiation Protocol?) and how do I disable it (there's no SIP in my modem's help)?

Very odd. The Website says it includes sip. State-full Packet Inspection. They generally use the term incorrectly, to refer to their software's design to close ports that it thinks are being attacked because they receive packets from the outside NOT in response to a request from the inside. Several manufacturers have had problems with this. Netgear just says to turn it off. Perhaps you can find something of similar wording in the setup web page. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen