Many thanks. It works like a charm. I tried something
similar when I first got this TELE2 last October but I couldn't get it
to work and when I asked SonicWall tech support, they insisted it
couldn't be done because it was "disabled for security reasons
and there are absolutely NO workarounds" (and I wasn't
knowledgeable enough about the SonicWall line to contradict them--I
knew that, theoretically, the TELE2 should've been able to handle it
and you've just proven it by giving me explicit instructions).
SonicWall tech support just excels at either not bothering to answer
at all (I have outstanding, open support requests dating to 2/24/2002)
or stonewalling me (like above). I've gotten more support from
this independent list than from SonicWall, which doesn't put the
company in very good light. I wish WebRamp (my previous firewall
vendor) hadn't been bought out by Nokia and I wish I hadn't bought a
SonicWall product to replace it (partly due to the terrible tech
support and partly due to the fact that with firmware 6.2.0.0, they
broke VPN capability by disabling MacPGP connectivity and refusing to
fix it or provide workarounds--one of their selling points to me
originally--I had to find out about the workarounds here in this email
list).
At 12:33 -0500 03/27/2002, Scott Milewski wrote:
Kok-Yong,
The rule is actually called "Ping".
To enable this rule, click on the Access button, then on the Add Service tab.
From the Custom Service drop-down, choose Ping.
Once you have updated this, click on the Services tab.
Find Ping (which should now be added) and in the Public LAN Server filed, fill in the LAN IP Address of your SonicWALL.
When you ping the WAN IP now from the outside, there should be a reply.
Not the most secure, but it does the job.
Scott Milewski
Systems Engineer
ValCom, "A Technology Management Services Company"
South Portland, ME 04106
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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:41:53 -0500
From: Kok-Yong Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [SonicWALL]- SonicWALL
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I'm curious about this: According to SonicWall tech support, the
TELE2's WAN interface is ALWAYS unpingable from anywhere (WAN or LAN)
and there's nothing I can do to change this. The Stealth option
isn't it because I've tried switching it off and rebooting and my
TELE2's WAN interface is still unpingable. This is the entry from
the onboard help file:
Stealth Mode
By default, the SonicWALL Internet Security Appliance responds to
incoming connection requests as either "blocked" or "open". If you
enable Stealth Mode, no response will be made to inbound requests,
thereby making your network "invisible" to potential attackers.
I can always ping the LAN interface from the LAN but I can never ping
the WAN interface from either the LAN or from the WAN. What access
rule did you change to allow it to be pinged?
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