Airport Express - How to stealth PINGs?

Hi,
Unsatisfied by the Express's performance when submitted to ShieldsUp (all ports were Closed but not Stealthed), I ran it behind a Netgear router, telling the AE to join an existing wireless network. This fixed the problem. I use it for Airtunes exclusively.
I recently tried the Express as my main router again, got rid of the Netgear, and re-ran the test.
Now, all ports seem to be Stealthed. When did this happen? Was it a firmware upgrade that fixed this?
Anyway, it still fails the PING test....
Is there any way to stop this, and to get it to completely pass the ShieldsUP test?
Regards,
John
Message was edited by: John Clare

I called Apple about this recently and talked to a tech rep. This was his response:
"Apple does not support Full stealth settings in any of it's Airport/Time Capsule hardware, including blocking response to internet pings. There are no plans to update firmwares to enable this feature in the future."
The ONLY way to achieve full Stealth with Apple hardware is to place it behind equipment from a manufacturer that does support blocking WAN pings.

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