@link3r The link I've sent is just for reference to be sure that the FW release is legit. If your router is with a US FW region and you've received the update through the auto-update feature then...

@link3r This seems to be a legit FW update - details.

@feelmemore Refer to this post and update to the suggested version, then test if any improvement.

@Maxnanimus You are correct - that\s why I suggested to isolate GE650 as a culprit by configuring PPPoE session directly on a PC. I've never had such an issue with an outgoing connection on the...

@Maxnanimus That's entirely different scenario. GE650 is a home grade router and its embedded firewall shouldn't block any outgoing connection. I would suspect that the problem in your case could be...

@Maxnanimus When connecting to your SSH server from GE650 LAN don't use your public IP address - use the SSH server LAN IP address instead.