Unable to ping an XP workstationconnected to workgroup

3 Jan 2007 10:18 AM

Peter

We are still running Novell as NOS and all workstations belong to the same
Windows workgroup.

One of the XP workstations that connected to the network is able to access
all network drives (In Novell) and connect to proxy server for Internet
access. From that workstation, there is no problem for pinging Windows
Servers and other workstations. Besides, we find that the WINS Server
(Running on a Windows 2003 Server) does register that machine successfully
(Try to assign a static IP address and it does register it properly).

However, when we attempt to ping that workstation form other machines, we
get "Request Time Out" message.

Is there any suggestion on how to handle this issue ?

Thanks

3 Jan 2007 10:55 AM

Richard G. Harper

Are you sure there is no firewall on that computer blocking pings?

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"Peter" <Pe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We are still running Novell as NOS and all workstations belong to the same
> Windows workgroup.
>
> One of the XP workstations that connected to the network is able to access
> all network drives (In Novell) and connect to proxy server for Internet
> access. From that workstation, there is no problem for pinging Windows
> Servers and other workstations. Besides, we find that the WINS Server
> (Running on a Windows 2003 Server) does register that machine successfully
> (Try to assign a static IP address and it does register it properly).
>
> However, when we attempt to ping that workstation form other machines, we
> get "Request Time Out" message.
>
> Is there any suggestion on how to handle this issue ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

4 Jan 2007 8:25 AM

Peter

Dear Richard,

Thank you for your advice and I checked & confirmed that there is no
firewall installed on that workstation.

Regards,
Peter

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"Richard G. Harper" <rghar***@email.com> wrote in message
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> Are you sure there is no firewall on that computer blocking pings?
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rghar***@gmail.com
> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Peter" <Pe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:e7kBv5xLHHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> We are still running Novell as NOS and all workstations belong to the
>> same Windows workgroup.
>>
>> One of the XP workstations that connected to the network is able to
>> access all network drives (In Novell) and connect to proxy server for
>> Internet access. From that workstation, there is no problem for pinging
>> Windows Servers and other workstations. Besides, we find that the WINS
>> Server (Running on a Windows 2003 Server) does register that machine
>> successfully (Try to assign a static IP address and it does register it
>> properly).
>>
>> However, when we attempt to ping that workstation form other machines, we
>> get "Request Time Out" message.
>>
>> Is there any suggestion on how to handle this issue ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
>