Ping does not work

[Jack_G_Switzerland]

Hello,

I upgraded my notebook to Vista Home Premium.

I cannot make it visible in my local network (Prestige 660ME-T3 Linksys
switch) and I cannot discover the other computers. The DSL gateway to
Internet works fine however. But a ping back to my own IPv4 address fails
(Realtek RTL8139/810x fast Ethenet adapter). I can just ping the gateway but
it cannot ping my notebook. Therefore I can configure shares on this computer
but I cannot access them. Windows does not see any network problem and cannot
fix it (discovery services are configured and the IP network looks fine).
Could it be a firewall problem or a hardware problem ?

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Make sure other security blocks ping.

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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[Jack_G_Switzerland]

Hello Robert,

Looking at other questions on ping issues, I thought that Norton Security
Center could be the problem. I did not look if something in the Norton
configuration could cause this ping problem, I just uninstalled it and now it
works. I use now OneCare. Anyway I did not like the Norton software... Thanks
for your answer.

By the way I will post a multiboot problem. I have installed Vista Premium
and XP in two partitions but the multiboot does not work. Do you have a
reason for that ?

Thanks and regards, Jack.

 

[Jack_G_Switzerland]

We are done with this question.