FireWalled help !

[skinless]

hey i m using 48kbps package. till recently there was no firewall implemented in our LANs i guess.. but now that firewall has been installed, many of applications r not connecting. where do i email about this ? the thing is the CTO over here doesnt know anything beyond PING .. yeah thats ryt they dont know what port is ! i m fed up of talking to them now. i stay in kalyan,which is next to mumbai. is there anyone who can tell these ppl to open few gaming ports , P2P ports n few others ? There mentality is only Capped to Yahoo chat n no other work on net ! Help!skinless

 

[power]

skinless this isnt only u problem . Pings are blocked by sify everywhere . Btw what app isnt working for u ?? . did u tried changing port for ur app's .That solves prob mostly for me

 

[inetbum]

Sify and its CTOs behave like some authoritarian Organization or Educational Institution System Administrator who blocks most ports and limits most services.We are paying for our services dammit!

 

[Sushubh]

so u are @$$uming they ACCIDENTLY blocked some ports which they would open if you request them?

 

[NeO]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2005, 09:26 AM
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till recently there was no firewall implemented in our LANs i guess.. but now that firewall has been installed


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R u sure tht firewall has been installed first confirm tht.and can be more specific about which p2p software & other applications r not workin.Even i live in Mumbai my Cto has also told me tht he has installed firewall but appliocations works fine for me.

Actually, its not firewall i think its ur pack 48kbps will give u max 4-5KBps

 

[Sushubh]

well my problems with torrents started in the last couple of days i spent on sify broadband. the CTO specifically told me that Sify installed a firewall on his network to prevent VIRUSES!

 

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[NeO]

Well Sushubh, even my CTO has installed firewall which he clearly stated before i got my connection,But until now im not had ny problem with atleast torrents.

 

[Sushubh]

well let me say that my cto was an ignorant b*st*rd.

 

[power]

Blocking system ports (139,445,80, even 1433 if needed)are enough for stopping viruses mostly . wtf ping helps in stopping viruses , they even blocked pings .

 

[Sushubh]

i guess their main motive was to block torrents. i was downloading like 600 megs daily from the night only package.

 

[power]

Yeah but blocking pings helps nothing .

 

[Sushubh]

it does. most worms do try to repeatedly ping servers and cause ddos attacks.

 

[impetus]

I am extremely happy with my Dial Up. No firewalls, pings, viruses (well, some maybe), and mainly no CTOs to deal with. And I thought I was having more problems compared to BroadBand users!I will wait till BSNL releases its Data1 broadband. Till death if necessary... h34r:

 

[Sushubh]

people take airtel broadband! surprise. i am recommending something

 

[Fred]

Sushubh an ISP which blocks wikipedia is not a good recommendation