Have an XP SP2 laptop with the firewall disabled. I can ping machines from the pc in question but the machine itself won't respond when pinged. I see no unusual programs or software that would be blocking it.

Any ideas?

Where are the incoming pings being sent from ( LAN or WAN ) ?
If a LAN is there a Router in use. What other Security software is
being used and is it the same on all machines ?

"Beast-of-Burden" <{{{{{}}}}@{{{{{}}}}.wiz> wrote in message
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Have an XP SP2 laptop with the firewall disabled. I can ping machines from
the pc in question but the machine itself won't respond when pinged. I see
no unusual programs or software that would be blocking it.

Any ideas?

LAN and yes a router is being used. Responses from other machines on the LAN are fine it's only this one machine. All machines have Symantec antivirus installed.

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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:%23Pa$(E-Mail Removed)...
Where are the incoming pings being sent from ( LAN or WAN ) ?
If a LAN is there a Router in use. What other Security software is
being used and is it the same on all machines ?

"Beast-of-Burden" <{{{{{}}}}@{{{{{}}}}.wiz> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Have an XP SP2 laptop with the firewall disabled. I can ping machines from
the pc in question but the machine itself won't respond when pinged. I see
no unusual programs or software that would be blocking it.

Any ideas?

Thanks for the follow-up info. Assume all the client PC's are using
DHCP for configuration and that all the computers are members of
the same Workgroup ( MSHome ) ? Do they all use Wired NIC's
or a combination of Wired/Wireless ? If any Wireless, using XP's
native Wireless applet or the NIC vendor support applet ?

Sorry for the endless questions, but something must be unique on the
non-responsive computer.

"Beast-of-Burden" <{{{{{}}}}@{{{{{}}}}.wiz> wrote in message
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LAN and yes a router is being used. Responses from other machines on the LAN
are fine it's only this one machine. All machines have Symantec antivirus
installed.

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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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Where are the incoming pings being sent from ( LAN or WAN ) ?
If a LAN is there a Router in use. What other Security software is
being used and is it the same on all machines ?

"Beast-of-Burden" <{{{{{}}}}@{{{{{}}}}.wiz> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Have an XP SP2 laptop with the firewall disabled. I can ping machines from
the pc in question but the machine itself won't respond when pinged. I see
no unusual programs or software that would be blocking it.

Any ideas?

Sometimes these kinds of issues are the hardest to resolve. Have
you tried to ping the PC itself ( 127.0.0.1 ). Obviously, it's not a
router setting as it would block other's on the Domain. I guess you
could boot to Safe Mode with Networking and see if it will accept
and respond to Ping traffic. That might indicate it's a 3rd-party app
that's responsible. Afraid I'm about out of suggestions.

"Bobby28" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> There is something unique on the pc, maybe some type of software but I see
> nothing unusual installed. Oh, no wireless (all wired) and all pc's are
> members of the same domain.
>
>
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the follow-up info. Assume all the client PC's are using
>> DHCP for configuration and that all the computers are members of
>> the same Workgroup ( MSHome ) ? Do they all use Wired NIC's
>> or a combination of Wired/Wireless ? If any Wireless, using XP's
>> native Wireless applet or the NIC vendor support applet ?
>>
>> Sorry for the endless questions, but something must be unique on the
>> non-responsive computer.
>>
>> "Beast-of-Burden" <{{{{{}}}}@{{{{{}}}}.wiz> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> LAN and yes a router is being used. Responses from other machines on the
>> LAN
>> are fine it's only this one machine. All machines have Symantec antivirus
>> installed.
>>
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>> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23Pa$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Where are the incoming pings being sent from ( LAN or WAN ) ?
>> If a LAN is there a Router in use. What other Security software is
>> being used and is it the same on all machines ?
>>
>> "Beast-of-Burden" <{{{{{}}}}@{{{{{}}}}.wiz> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Have an XP SP2 laptop with the firewall disabled. I can ping machines
>> from
>> the pc in question but the machine itself won't respond when pinged. I
>> see
>> no unusual programs or software that would be blocking it.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>>

sdimilla wrote:

>
> Hey folks, maybe someone can help me. I have a similar problem with my
> laptop running XP. The laptop can ping out, it can ping myself, but
> when I use another computer to ping the laptop it just won't respond. I
> know the laptop is receiving the ping because I can see the packet count
> for the network card increase when I issue the ping from the other
> computer.
> I've removed all firewall software and turned off windows firewall.
> I'm stumped. Any suggestions

Start a new thread and stop trying to hijack a different thread unless
you're certain your problem is exactly the same. Given you have different
symptoms, it's a different problem. Start fresh and ask a question the
smart way.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"sdimilla" wrote
>
> Hey folks, maybe someone can help me. I have a similar problem with my
> laptop running XP. The laptop can ping out, it can ping myself, but
> when I use another computer to ping the laptop it just won't respond. I
> know the laptop is receiving the ping because I can see the packet count
> for the network card increase when I issue the ping from the other
> computer.
> I've removed all firewall software and turned off windows firewall.
> I'm stumped. Any suggestions

It's best to post a new question as a new thread rather than as a reply to
someone else's thread, and in this case one which is 9 days old.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]