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You sure it's Earthlink?
Authored by: Cameroon on Feb 25, '05 03:35:32PM

Not that it really applies to this hint, but are you sure that Earthlink is blocking port 22?

I use Earthlink DSL and have no problems what-so-ever with any incoming ports at all. Is there a router that may not be forwarding port 22 on involved?

I'd be curious to know, since it might mean that I could be losing some incoming ports at some point.



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You sure it's Earthlink?
Authored by: jdb8167 on Feb 25, '05 05:48:05PM

It could be a problem with inbound port mapping with the first generation Airport Base station but I don't think so. I've used that Airport BS for inbound mapping in the past on port 22 and it worked fine. I had her check her connection settings to make sure her iMac was still using manual IP assignment to the correct IP and it was and I still wasn't able to connect on port 22. It has all the earmarks of a firewall.

It looks like Earthlink has a variety of security settings for their DSL accounts. I didn't go through them very carefully so maybe one of the settings controls an ISP based firewall. Also, it might be different in different parts of the country. My mother lives on the gulf coast of Florida.



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