Connectivity Problem

[Lapses]

Hey I started using ghostwall recently, with pretty much the default settings. The only rule I added was to block all icmp traffic, which i placed at the very top. However for some reason if I don’t stay active on the internet for a certain amount of time, am presented with an error message telling me that I have little or no connectivity. It took me a while to realise it was actually ghostwall causing this and am wondering has this happened anyone else or can somebody give me some advice.

BTW: when I click repair, in network connections – it cannot acquire a new ip address. I usually end up having to restart the machine.

[tonyjl]

Have you tried removing the block icmp rule you added,to see if that is the cause? That's what it sounds like to me.

You need to allow icmp in- type 0,3,11 and out- type 3,8. Then put your block 'AFTER' these rules.