All Inbound Ports Blocked on Verizon DSL?
I'm a new residential Verizon DSL Customer hoping to play with a Web Server on my home computer, but it seems my computer is invisible from the outside world on all ports -- not just port 80.
I've heard others discuss that Verizon blocks inbound Port 80 in some markets, but I see that all inbound ports are blocked. I have my Westell Modem/Router set to Single Static IP, with all of my firewalls disabled, and a "Shields Up" report from
"Your system has achieved a perfect 'TruStealth' rating. Not a single packet - solicited or otherwise - was received from your system as a result of our security probing tests. Your system ignored and refused to reply to repeated Pings (ICMP Echo Requests). From the standpoint of the passing probes of any hacker, this machine does not exist on the Internet." I did this same test with my computer connected to the Internet via my dialup ISP, and I see that the ports are all visible but closed. What is Verizon doing?
Has anybody else experienced the same thing? If I believe what I am seeing, then I'd think it would be impossible for any Verizon DSL customer to run any P2P software, instant messaging apps, or anything that has a TCP socket server.
David
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by David in Digital Subscriber Line
