Enabling Ping on a SpeedTouch 610s
By default the SpeedTouch 610 drops external ICMP packets, to enable ping replies you need to change the ping rule under the PPP connection from “my net2 to “everyone”.
You will also need to disable the firewall or create the following two rules.
1. Browse to the Router (default IP is 10.0.0.138)
2. Go to Advanced and click CLI
3. Click on Firewall then select Rule
4. Click on create and enter the following information
- Chain - sink
- Index - 0 (zero)
- prot - icmp
- action - accept
5. Click Apply
6. Click on create and enter the following information
- Chain - source
- Index - 0 (zero)
- prot - icmp
- action - accept
7. Click Apply
8. Click Return to Menu
9. Go to Connections - Routed PPPoA
10. Select Routed PPPoA and click Hang-up.
11. Click Routing
12. Change the Connection Sharing to Everybody
13. Click apply
14. Click Dial-in
15. Click Save All
16. External Pings are now enabled.
