Ping not responding

With the latest versions of Microsoft operating Systems, microsoft has blocked all the ports and opened the ports which are minimally required for the system to work through the firewall in the OS itself. Hence after installing the Windows XP /Vista machines connected to the network, we may not be able to ping these machines from other machines. To overcome this problem, in the windows firewall, "Advanced" tab select "Local Area Network" and setting adjacent to it. This will open another window and select "ICMP" tab, select the required options from the list. Similarly, you may enable your programs in the computer to be allowed by firewall to connect to internet or other machines by specifying the same inthe "Services" here.

 

K. Rajkumar