are you sure it isn't a ping to the broadcast address of your network?
this can cause 10 megabytes of ping from .1544 megabytes of T1, ringing
your net like a bell. It is called a smurf attack.
What is your main router to the internet? if it is a cisco, then set
no ip-directed broadcast
if ascend, make sure you are on the latest software version and set
Reply DirectedBcast Ping = no
bug
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Lee Wilson wrote:
> I have a machine that is getting flooded with ping requests to the point
> where it's saturating our T1 line. I don't want to turn off pings to the
> entire class C IP block with our firewall, but I'm not sure
>
> 1) how to turn off pings to a single IP address
> 2) if turning off pings at a single IP address will stop our T1 from being
> saturated anyway.
>
> Anyone have any advice on how to handle the problem?
