Everyone needs to be aware of ICMP smurf type attack. If you are having problems holding connections, then you are probabley being attacked! I cannot connect long enough to download anything any more because of this attack! If you suspect you're being attacked also, search for a small application called ICMP logger. Run the app. every time you connect to see if you get pinged alot. Especially if it is same IP address repeatedly. My attacker's IP is 64.236.3.245 . I don't know if there is anything that can be done about this. If anyone has more info on this please reply!