How to allow ping replies with SP2 Firewall ?

[gerryR]

Hi all

We are running a mix network of 2000 (SP4), NT (SP6a) and XP (SP2) machines.
When working on our anti-virus managment software it is really handy to be
able to ping a machine (if the AV manager tells us a particular machine has
not updated and this machine is in a differnt office, rather than having to
contact that office I can just ping the machine, if it replies then there's
a problem if not then the machine is off)

I there anyway (without turning off the firewall in SP2) to allow XP SP2
machines reply to pings ? (like adding something to the exceptions list)

thanks for any replies
gerryR

 

[pcbutts1]

Open the Windows firewall and select the Advanced Tab, then select the ICMP
setting. Placing a check in the first option "Allow incoming echo request"
should do it or just allow port 445.

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[gerryR]

Perfect, thanks a million.

just to be a pain, is there anything in there I can change that will allw
access to the administrator share (c$) ?
thanks for you help
gerryR

 

[News Reader]

I "file and printer sharing" is enabled, you should be able to access remote
machines with c$ share. But you have propably disabled it, because viruses
typically tries to scan network shares (like c$) to get access to remote
machines.

 

[gerryR]

Cheers for the reply again

The problem seems to be with the firewall, if I turn it on I cannot access
the c$ but if I turn it off I can.

Thanks for your assistance
gerryR