From: Randall Parker 

Got Linux connected to a Netgear FVG318 VPN Firewall connected to a DSL
modem by Westell (Model 6100).

The traceroute command effectively does not work beyond my DSL modem:

[randall{at}localhost ~]$ traceroute news.barkto.com traceroute to
news.barkto.com (216.144.1.254), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
  1  FVG318 (192.168.1.46)  24.226 ms   22.965 ms   18.288 ms
  2  dslrouter (192.168.1.1)  24.333 ms   20.351 ms   38.084 ms
  3  * * *
  4  * * *
  5  * * *
  6  * * *
  7  * * *
  8  * * *

  and stars continue beyond that point.

I enabled ICMP in the Netgear box and also unchecked "Enable Stealth
Mode" in the Netgear firewall.

Might the DSL modem be blocking some kind of traffic?

I don't believe that the Linux box's settings are causing this since if
that was the case I would not expect to get timings for the first two hops.

Any ideas?

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