Unable to ping a machine

[Guest]

Hi,

My laptop is running under Windows XP SP1. I would like to access it
remotely via our WAN but I couldn't even ping it either via hostname or its
IP address. Here are some of the things that I've tried to no avail

1. Change from DHCP to Static
2. IPconfig /release and /renew
3. IPconfig /flushdns and /registerdns
4. Scan for spywares and viruses
5. Disjoin and rejoin to our domain

One thing I've noticed though whenever I reboot it and I run continuous ping
from another machine is that I can get ping replies for a couple of seconds,
when it's in "applying computer settings" state. Then I get ping time out
again on that same state.

I am thinking that upgrading it to SP2 might solve the problem. But would
you know what causes this issue and ther solution?

 

[EM]

Is a firewall involved AVG etc,you may have to change
some settings on your firewall to allow access

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[Guest]

No. Not even the default windows firewall is enabled.