my router experience

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i have been trying to tune my network, and tonight was kinda amusing. i setup port forwarding on my router for ftp, ssh, and http, .. but http would not work. both other services worked fine.

i called my isp to verify that they do not block port 80. the guy at adelphia said "no man, .. we don't block anything" .. i shoulda recognized the bs in his tone, but i took his word for it.

i gave my router tech support a call back and talked to them some more, .. after making an ass of myself by insisting that my isp told me they don't block port 80, .. i slowly realized as i ran some port probe from some website, that the guy at adelphia was full of $4!+ .

lesson learned tonight: don't give an "isp" tech the benefit of the doubt EVER, and always doubt.

at least when i called them back, the lady put me on hold for 10 minutes to go find someone who knew and returned with the truth.