Possibly associated posts: (automatically generated)Cannot ping linux visitor from windows host on vmware server 2Windows Server 2008 R2 – Firewall allow ping Following installing Windows Server 2008,
Office 2010 Key, I observed I can’t ping the server, even within a “Private Network”. I like to ping stuff in my spare time, so this was distressing to me. I suspected to find a firewall issue,
Windows 7 Pro, but was surprised to find enabling the Network Discovery option in the firewall configuration settings didn’t fix it.
Configure Windows Firewall Settings – File and Printer Sharing
By default, Windows Firewall for WIndows Server 2008 is configured to disallow File and Printer Sharing on the network. By default Windows Server 2008 firewall is configured with Windows Firewall running, and with File and Printer Sharing disabled. This blocks ICMP Echo Request packets used by the PING command. You can allow the server to respond to ping requests by doing the following: Turn off Windows Firewall on the Windows 2008 Server (not recommended)- OR -
Allow the File and Printer Sharing option in Windows Firewall Configuration Settings Start > Control Panel > Network and Intranet
Under the Windows Firewall section heading, Click the Allow a program through Windows Firewall link
In the programs and ports list,
Windows 7 64 Bit, check the File and Printer Sharing option
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