Re: Can't ping or telnet a Vista Business PC

Vista's firewall has ICMP echo reply (=ping) disabled by default, because of
security.
tutorial to enable it is for example here http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/226
Next time: google 'enable ping in vista'

"Dave D" <(E-Mail Removed)> pÃ*Å¡e v diskusnÃ*m pÅ™Ã*spÄ›vku
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> Good morning,
>
> I am trying to back up the configuration of a Cisco switch. I am using
> TFTP. After accessing the switch I try to ping and telnet to my Vista
> Business PC. I can't do either. I have Windows Defender turned off and I
> have shut down my Symantec Endpoint Protection. Under Windows features I
> have Simple TCP/IP services, Telnet Client and Telnet Server turned on. I
> also have TFTP client turned on. What might be stopping me from accessing
> my PC??
>
> Thanks much for any thoughts you might have.