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I am sorry I "hijacked" another thread a few days ago--I am new to this and
didn't understand the etiquette.
Anyway, for the general interest of others, I was able to ping other
computers on my network but they couldn't ping me. File sharing used to work
but was infrequently used in our office. When I tried to use, the lack of
communication became apparent even though internet services were working fine.
I eventually found two problems, the first was that when re-installing my
Norton Antivirus a souple of months ago, Personal Firewall was activated.
This stopped pinging (even of myself).
Secondly, after I turned off the personal firewall, I then found (eventually
after many hours) that Windows Firewall "exceptions" tab in properties had
File and Print Sharing disabled. When I ticked the box, everything came good.
The resources on PChuck's Network site taught me a lot--there is a lot to
read, but for anyone having network problems it is a great help.
didn't understand the etiquette.
Anyway, for the general interest of others, I was able to ping other
computers on my network but they couldn't ping me. File sharing used to work
but was infrequently used in our office. When I tried to use, the lack of
communication became apparent even though internet services were working fine.
I eventually found two problems, the first was that when re-installing my
Norton Antivirus a souple of months ago, Personal Firewall was activated.
This stopped pinging (even of myself).
Secondly, after I turned off the personal firewall, I then found (eventually
after many hours) that Windows Firewall "exceptions" tab in properties had
File and Print Sharing disabled. When I ticked the box, everything came good.
The resources on PChuck's Network site taught me a lot--there is a lot to
read, but for anyone having network problems it is a great help.