[treeman]

i hope someone can help me as i have just set up my free netgear wireless router from virgin media.

it is up and running fine but when i go to the shieldsup website at grc.com to check the security for this router it comes back with the following info:

Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since "Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.

this was previusly always closed when i had just my virgin cable modem and was not a problem and was passed but now it has failed this test.

i am a total newbee to wireless routers and this is the first i have and i have set up the password and username fine and the security is showing green.

once again thansk for any help and advice anyone cam give me in layman terms please!!