Re: draytek vigor "keep state" ?

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It may be the inbound drop all. By default, the router will block all
incoming
unless theres a corresponding outbound call - try removing the inbound rule
and
see what happens



Quoting Ant <ant@xxxxxxx>:

>
> I can't get "keep state" to work on me draytek. My
understanding is that
> you
> tick "keep state" on an outbound rule, and it automatically
lets the
> replies
> back thru the firewall.
>
> So I've set up one outbound rule for tcp/udp, and another for icmp,
both
> with
> "keep state" ticked. I have one inbound rule which drops
everything.
>
> Sadly, everything is indeed dropped, including stuff I'd have expected
> "keep
> state" to take care of. Am I missing something? The manual's
Confucian
> style
> isn't exactly clear here.
>
> Cheers to whoever recommended the vigor btw - it's a cracking little
> router.
>
> ant
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