Hi all,

From an XP box on my LAN, I am able to ping other device on my LAN. When I
attempt to ping the XP box from other devices on my LAN, it just times out.

At first, I thought it was the Windows firewall but it is disabled.

Anything else that I might be missing in this Windows configuration?

Thanks!

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>
> Hi all,
>
> From an XP box on my LAN, I am able to ping other device on my
> LAN. When I attempt to ping the XP box from other devices on my
> LAN, it just times out.
>
> At first, I thought it was the Windows firewall but it is
> disabled.
>
> Anything else that I might be missing in this Windows
> configuration?
>
> Thanks!

Almost always this is a firewall issue.

Check for other firewalls on your computer including "hidden" ones like
the Cisco VPN client whose firewall is enabled even when the VPN client
isn't.

HTH,
John

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something in IE8 that could be causing this?




"John Wunderlich" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?R3VpbGU0NzQ=?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> in news:71E2E901-0AED-4FDD-BC1D-(E-Mail Removed):
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > From an XP box on my LAN, I am able to ping other device on my
> > LAN. When I attempt to ping the XP box from other devices on my
> > LAN, it just times out.
> >
> > At first, I thought it was the Windows firewall but it is
> > disabled.
> >
> > Anything else that I might be missing in this Windows
> > configuration?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Almost always this is a firewall issue.
>
> Check for other firewalls on your computer including "hidden" ones like
> the Cisco VPN client whose firewall is enabled even when the VPN client
> isn't.
>
> HTH,
> John
>

THAT WAS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was shutting the Cisco VPN client down but the service was still running.
Once I shut the service down, it worked fine.

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! I can't tell you how long that has been bothering
me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"John Wunderlich" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?R3VpbGU0NzQ=?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> in news:71E2E901-0AED-4FDD-BC1D-(E-Mail Removed):
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > From an XP box on my LAN, I am able to ping other device on my
> > LAN. When I attempt to ping the XP box from other devices on my
> > LAN, it just times out.
> >
> > At first, I thought it was the Windows firewall but it is
> > disabled.
> >
> > Anything else that I might be missing in this Windows
> > configuration?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Almost always this is a firewall issue.
>
> Check for other firewalls on your computer including "hidden" ones like
> the Cisco VPN client whose firewall is enabled even when the VPN client
> isn't.
>
> HTH,
> John
>

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> "John Wunderlich" wrote:
>
>> =?Utf-8?B?R3VpbGU0NzQ=?= <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote in news:71E2E901-0AED-4FDD-BC1D-(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> From an XP box on my LAN, I am able to ping other device on my
>>> LAN. When I attempt to ping the XP box from other devices on my
>>> LAN, it just times out.
>>>
>>> At first, I thought it was the Windows firewall but it is
>>> disabled.
>>>
>>> Anything else that I might be missing in this Windows
>>> configuration?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> Almost always this is a firewall issue.
>>
>> Check for other firewalls on your computer including "hidden"
>> ones like the Cisco VPN client whose firewall is enabled even
>> when the VPN client isn't.
>>
>> HTH,
>> John
>>
>
> THAT WAS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I was shutting the Cisco VPN client down but the service was still
> running. Once I shut the service down, it worked fine.
>
> THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! I can't tell you how long that has been
> bothering me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>


What you need to do is start up the Cisco VPN Client. Then go to:
Options -> Stateful Firewall (Always On)
and uncheck the box in front of it.
You can then quit the client.
No need to stop services.

HTH,
John