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[SOLVED] Accessible, but cannot ping

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  • C Chris C B

    Check your firewall settings. I don't know what firewall you are using but if it is the XP standard firewall, and it is turned on, then you will need to set the appropriate exceptions, or ping will not respond.

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    CodingLover
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    Yes Chris, I already did that too.

    I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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      Yes Chris, I already did that too.

      I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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      Chris C B
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      Have you tried with both firewalls turned off?

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        Hi all, I have two XP machines and I want to connect from one to the other. I can access shared folders from one to the other. Also it's possible log in through RDP. But once I ping to the machine through the IP it ends with request time out. Any workaround to fix it? Thanks.

        I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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        Lost User
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        As ChrisB said, turn off the firewall.

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        • C CodingLover

          Hi all, I have two XP machines and I want to connect from one to the other. I can access shared folders from one to the other. Also it's possible log in through RDP. But once I ping to the machine through the IP it ends with request time out. Any workaround to fix it? Thanks.

          I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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          Bernhard Hiller
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          There is another point: you must "Allow ICMP Echo Request", otherwise Windows won't send a reply back to sender. See e.g. http://wiki.phys.ethz.ch/readme/how_to_enable_icmp_echo_requests_ping_in_windows_xp_service_pack_2[^]

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          • C Chris C B

            Have you tried with both firewalls turned off?

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            Yes it is. But nothing works.

            I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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            • B Bernhard Hiller

              There is another point: you must "Allow ICMP Echo Request", otherwise Windows won't send a reply back to sender. See e.g. http://wiki.phys.ethz.ch/readme/how_to_enable_icmp_echo_requests_ping_in_windows_xp_service_pack_2[^]

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              Bernhard Hiller wrote:

              you must "Allow ICMP Echo Request"

              Did it too. But no luck.

              I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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              • C CodingLover

                Hi all, I have two XP machines and I want to connect from one to the other. I can access shared folders from one to the other. Also it's possible log in through RDP. But once I ping to the machine through the IP it ends with request time out. Any workaround to fix it? Thanks.

                I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                Chris C B
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                As all the suggestions you have received have drawn a blank, you will have to look deeper. The only remaining possibilty that I can see is that the file shares and RDP are using the machine name, and you have DHCP enabled in the router (you are using one, aren't you?), and the IP has changed from what you thought it was on a new lease. Otherwise, the whole thing is starting to look rather weird.

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                • C CodingLover

                  Hi all, I have two XP machines and I want to connect from one to the other. I can access shared folders from one to the other. Also it's possible log in through RDP. But once I ping to the machine through the IP it ends with request time out. Any workaround to fix it? Thanks.

                  I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                  Lost User
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                  Next you can try a dns cache fluch on both machines (ipconfig /flushdns). If you are pinging by machine name then you can get issues. Next you want to look at the subnets the machines are on, and if they have routing between them set up correctly (I assume you can since other file and printer sharing seems to be working, but it is worth checking anyway).

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                  • C CodingLover

                    Hi all, I have two XP machines and I want to connect from one to the other. I can access shared folders from one to the other. Also it's possible log in through RDP. But once I ping to the machine through the IP it ends with request time out. Any workaround to fix it? Thanks.

                    I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                    jschell
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                    You obviously have physical connectivity between the two boxes. So exactly how is that physical connectivity achieved? And why do you care if you can ping? It isn't all that useful.

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                    • L Lost User

                      As ChrisB said, turn off the firewall.

                      ============================== Nothing to say.

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                      I have already did that. But no luck.

                      I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                      • J jschell

                        You obviously have physical connectivity between the two boxes. So exactly how is that physical connectivity achieved? And why do you care if you can ping? It isn't all that useful.

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                        CodingLover
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                        Simply connect them through a router. I am worried, because it is quite unusual. I can RDP and access shared folders but cannot ping. It's interest to me to know that. :)

                        I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                        • C Chris C B

                          As all the suggestions you have received have drawn a blank, you will have to look deeper. The only remaining possibilty that I can see is that the file shares and RDP are using the machine name, and you have DHCP enabled in the router (you are using one, aren't you?), and the IP has changed from what you thought it was on a new lease. Otherwise, the whole thing is starting to look rather weird.

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                          I can access the file share and RDP using IP as well as the machine name. But cannot ping in either way. Earlier DHCP is disabled with my router, enable and tried the same. Still it's not working Chris. Wired!

                          I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                          • C CodingLover

                            Hi all, I have two XP machines and I want to connect from one to the other. I can access shared folders from one to the other. Also it's possible log in through RDP. But once I ping to the machine through the IP it ends with request time out. Any workaround to fix it? Thanks.

                            I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                            Luc Pattyn
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                            FWIW: I just had an issue with ping failing between two machines of which one had not only TCP/IPv4 but also v6 enabled on the network adapter I was using; disabling that solved it for me. :)

                            Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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                            • L Luc Pattyn

                              FWIW: I just had an issue with ping failing between two machines of which one had not only TCP/IPv4 but also v6 enabled on the network adapter I was using; disabling that solved it for me. :)

                              Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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                              CodingLover
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                              Finally! That solve my problem too. I have enabled v6 a long time back, and haven't thought of it at this incidence. Thanks for pointing me Luc

                              I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                                Finally! That solve my problem too. I have enabled v6 a long time back, and haven't thought of it at this incidence. Thanks for pointing me Luc

                                I appreciate your help all the time... CodingLover :)

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                                Luc Pattyn
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                                You're welcome. :)

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