Control whether your Mercku router responds to Ping requests received from the Internet.
WAN Ping, shown as Ping Response in Router Web, controls whether your router responds to Ping requests received from the WAN.
The router can respond to Ping requests received from the WAN.
The router does not respond to external Ping requests.
Allow Ping requests only from selected IP addresses.
WAN Ping settings are available when the router is operating in Router Mode.
WAN Ping is configured from the Firewall page in Router Web.
Connect your device to your Mercku router and open the Router Web management interface.
Go to:
Advanced Settings → Firewall
Locate the Ping Response section on the Firewall page.
Use the Ping Response switch to control whether your router responds to Ping requests from the WAN.
Turn on Ping Response.
If Specified IP is not enabled, the router can respond to Ping requests from external IP addresses.
Turn off Ping Response.
The router will no longer respond to Ping requests received from the WAN.
Click Save after changing Ping Response settings.
The new configuration will not take effect until it is saved.
You can restrict WAN Ping so that only selected IP addresses are allowed to Ping your router.
Make sure Ping Response is enabled.
Select Specified IP to enable IP filtering.
Click the + button to add an allowed IP address.
You can configure up to 10 IP addresses.
Click Save to apply the configuration.
When Specified IP is enabled, only IP addresses included in the allowed list can Ping the router from the WAN.
The router can respond to Ping requests received from the WAN.
The router does not respond to Ping requests received from the WAN.
Yes. Enable Ping Response and select Specified IP. You can add up to 10 allowed IP addresses.
First confirm that you clicked Save. If Specified IP is enabled, make sure the IP address you are testing from is included in the allowed list.
Also check whether your Internet connection provides a publicly reachable WAN IP and whether an upstream modem or router is blocking Ping requests.
WAN Ping controls Ping responses for the router’s WAN interface. It does not control Ping communication between devices on your local network.
Ping Response controls ICMP Ping requests. Disabling it does not disable normal Internet traffic such as web browsing.