Just going off your question topic, I had the same issue. I could not ping W7 machines, but XP machines would reply no problem. The problem was that W7's firewall blocks ping requests by default. There needs to be a firewall allowance for echo requests: Add the following to the Windows firewall Inbound Rules:
@Luiz187 go download a program called PING.EXE . it is a built in program for windows but apparently it has gone missing on your system – Steve Oct 7 '14 at 23:38 ok thanks i'll try that – Wai Oct 7 '14 at 23:41 If you cannot ping by IP there is something other than or in addition to DNS that is a problem. It pretty well has to be a physical connection issue such as bad NIC or driver (unlikely in this case), switch, cabling, or I still question the possibility of a firewall or security suite causing issues. The only "firewall" that's involved here is the Windows firewall on my computer, and it's passing the listening port. Tracert doesn't go anywhere; I get asterisks right down the line. I have a windows 7 machine in my network connected to the domain, I'm having a problem in which I cannot ping or remotely connect to this computer, I have enabled the remote connection options. All the other computer in the domain are fine.
Oct 21, 2008 · Greetings, Just replaced a power supply unit in my desktop, and now I cannot access the internet. I am ethernet connected to a 4 port linksys router. 2 laptops I use can use the router ports and cables ok. I have automatically use DNS and obtain IP address as yes. Here is the output of
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If pinging the hostname is not working but the IP address is, you may have something misconfigured in your DNS or your HOSTS file so check your HOSTS file stored under C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc If the device you cannot connect to has a DHCP address, assign it a static IP, Subnet and DNS Can't ping Windows 7 with Firewall service OFF « How-To I was doing some troubleshooting and needed to turn off the Windows Firewall on a Windows 7 Pro system. Rather than disabling it from within the Firewall GUI I went to the Services and turned off the Windows Firewall service. To my surprise I was not able to ping this system until I turned the Firewall service back on. Is this normal? windows 7 - Can't ping or remote desktop? - Server Fault Browse other questions tagged windows-7 ping remote or ask your own question. The Overflow Blog Steps Stack Overflow is taking to help fight racism. The Overflow #25: New tools for new times. Featured on Meta We're switching to CommonMark. New post lock available on meta sites: Policy Lock [SOLVED] Windows 7 - Can ping address but cannot access on