Okay incase anyone else gets this router and has this problem turn off the SPI and you'll be set. What is SPI?
Stateful Packet Inspection is a mechanism that is designed to keep track of all open sessions initiated from the trusted network (private LAN) destined for the un-trusted network (WAN or Internet). These connections are maintained in what is known as a state table until they timeout or are properly ended. The Firewall uses this state table as a dynamic rule-set to allow/deny incoming traffic from the WAN to reach computers on the private LAN. If the incoming traffic matches certain criteria of a currently open connection it will be allowed to pass the Firewall. If the incoming traffic does not match any criteria of any current connection in the state table or any pre-defined virtual server/port mapping it will be denied and dropped. Think of Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) as a request-response mechanism. For every action you perform using your PC, you are sending a request for that action to be carried through. Now in order for you to complete your transaction, you would need to receive a response. SPI is the process where the firewall keeps track of certain attributes from all LAN initiated requests and so that when there is a return response, the firewall automatically checks to see if the attributes of the return response matches up with the initial requests attributes. If there is a successful match, the response is allowed access into the network, otherwise, the response is denied access. For example, when you send out an instant message to your friend, the firewall logs your outgoing message as an initial request for a chat session and waits for a response. Your friend receives your message and sends you a reply, but before that message can pop up on your screen, the firewall intercepts the message and agrees that the response data matches your initial request. The instant message goes through. If your friend were to send a message to you without you having initiated the conversation or telling the firewall to allow incoming connections, the firewall would disregard said message as there was no corresponding entry in the state table or rule set. -- TivoManiac ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TivoManiac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75099
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