Ping external interface of EE smart router
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26-06-2022 11:08 AM
I notice my EE smart router doesn't respond to pings to it's external interface from the Internet - is there some way to change this?
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26-06-2022 11:27 AM
No, not possible.
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26-06-2022 12:59 PM - edited 26-06-2022 01:00 PM
BT have never allowed their hubs to respond to ICMP (ping) requests as they consider it a security issue.
Convieniently it also stops you from running a ThinkBB Quality Meter with the hub.
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26-06-2022 01:18 PM - edited 26-06-2022 01:18 PM
Convieniently it also stops you from running a ThinkBB Quality Meter with the hub.
Yes - that's exactly what I wanted to do.
I was previously with Sky and the ThinkBB monitor was very useful in getting them to resolve some intermittent performance issues.
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26-06-2022 01:26 PM
@_jg_ if you know what you are doing, putting a non editable device in the DMZ will get your TBB graphs back again, as will a third party router.

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