I cannot ping myself!

[Guest]

Hi!
I just setup a new Windows XP Home Ed PC. I can connect to the internet,
but I cannot see the other PC on my network (Win98SE). I can ping the other
PC and the router, but I cannot ping myself. I have seen this before, but I
don't recall the fix. Any ideas?

 

[Galen]

In David Langschied <[email protected]> had this to
say:

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Hi!
I just setup a new Windows XP Home Ed PC. I can connect to the
internet, but I cannot see the other PC on my network (Win98SE). I
can ping the other PC and the router, but I cannot ping myself. I
have seen this before, but I don't recall the fix. Any ideas?

Do you have a firewall that is set to stealth or to not respond to pings?

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Rafael T]

David

ping 127.0.0.1
this is for your default NIC.

If you can ping the other pc and the router, the problem of not seeing the
other pc is not the network connection but the permissions on the other
computer.
Rafael

 

[Guest]

The PC is a Dell Power 3000. It came with Norton Anti-Virus, which is on.
Every time I boot, Norton asks me if I want to turn off the Windows firewall.
I have said no each time. Could Norton be causing a problem?

This is a straight out-of-the-box PC. So, I have not added anything, save
changing the WORKGROUP from MSHOME to LCSHOST (to match the other PC).


As far as Rafael's comment that it is the permissions on the Other PC for
the inability to see it. I did not think that this was an issue with Win98,
since it doesn't require user login. Am I all wet here?

 

[Rafael T]

- On windows 98 you need to at least share something to see it.
- it might be that norton (if it has its own firewall) might be stopping
you.
RT

 

[Guest]

I do have shared folder setup on the Win98 machine. As far as Norton having
a firewall, I will have to go to their site and see if they do.

Does anyone out there know if Norton (2005) can block a LAN ping?

 

[Chuck]

I do have shared folder setup on the Win98 machine. As far as Norton having
a firewall, I will have to go to their site and see if they do.

Does anyone out there know if Norton (2005) can block a LAN ping?

David,

I have read claims that NAV 2005 Worm Blocking may cause problems with traffic,
like a firewall. And of course, if your Norton 2005 product is named "Norton
Internet Security" then it contains Norton Personal Firewall.

Load Google Groups, for this newsgroup.
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web>
Search on "norton 2005 worm" and see what you get. Sort by date and check out 2
- 3 results at the top of the list.

 

[Galen]

In David Langschied <[email protected]> had this to
say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

The PC is a Dell Power 3000. It came with Norton Anti-Virus, which
is on. Every time I boot, Norton asks me if I want to turn off the
Windows firewall. I have said no each time. Could Norton be causing
a problem?

This is a straight out-of-the-box PC. So, I have not added anything,
save changing the WORKGROUP from MSHOME to LCSHOST (to match the
other PC).


As far as Rafael's comment that it is the permissions on the Other PC
for the inability to see it. I did not think that this was an issue
with Win98, since it doesn't require user login. Am I all wet here?

The reason that it is asking for you to turn off the Windowss firewall is
because you probably shouldn't be running both. Your Norton has a firewall
with it. As has been mentioned it may indeed be a worm but it could simply
be that the firewall is blocking your pings unless you've taken the time to
configure the LAN to be in whatever Norton refers to as the "trusted zone."
I don't use the application but have used a number of other firewalls who
had settings that would block all LAN traffic unless specifically allowed.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes