ASUS AC68U Firewall

[Graymatter57]

I just bought a ASUS AC68U. I did a firewall test at GRC.com on my router on all common ports. The results were: Solicited TCP Packets: PASSED, Unsolicited Packets: PASSED but the last result was
Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests. I went into my router firewall settings and made sure that Respond Ping Request from WAN was set to no. Has anyone had the same problems as myself. I would appreciate any suggestions or help. Thanks in advance

 

[RMerlin]

I just bought a ASUS AC68U. I did a firewall test at GRC.com on my router on all common ports. The results were: Solicited TCP Packets: PASSED, Unsolicited Packets: PASSED but the last result was
Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests. I went into my router firewall settings and made sure that Respond Ping Request from WAN was set to no. Has anyone had the same problems as myself. I would appreciate any suggestions or help. Thanks in advance

I just tested, and mine doesn't reply to pings. Are you sure it's not your modem that might be set in router mode, returning pings back?

 

[Graymatter57]

Thanks RMerlin

My ISP installed a new modem last week which has wireless capability. i will go in and check the settings. i will let you know if that is the problem. Thank you for your quick response.

 

[RMerlin]

My ISP installed a new modem last week which has wireless capability. i will go in and check the settings. i will let you know if that is the problem. Thank you for your quick response.

If it has wireless capabilities then it's definitely a modem/router combo. Ideally, you should configure it as a bridged modem instead of a modem/router. Hopefully the device they provided you does allow this.

 

[Graymatter57]

If it has wireless capabilities then it's definitely a modem/router combo. Ideally, you should configure it as a bridged modem instead of a modem/router. Hopefully the device they provided you does allow this.

The modem/router is a Motorola Surfboard SBG6850. Is the bridging mode in the wireless section of the router? I enabled the WAN filter and all is well now

 

[Graymatter57]

The modem/router is a Motorola Surfboard SBG6850. Is the bridging mode in the wireless section of the router? I enabled the WAN filter and all is well now

Thank you for your help RMerlin. I set it into bridge mode.