Cannot ping myself

11 Jun 2005 1:40 AM

Ron

I connect to the internet through a router to a cable modem. I can ping the
router and get to the internet. I can also ping other computers on my router.
but I cannot ping myself. I have change NIC cards and have also set up a
static IP to this computer but still can not ping it. Also the other
computers on the router can not ping this computer but they can ping
themselves.

11 Jun 2005 2:00 AM

Chuck

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:40:01 -0700, Ron <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I connect to the internet through a router to a cable modem. I can ping the
>router and get to the internet. I can also ping other computers on my router.
>but I cannot ping myself. I have change NIC cards and have also set up a
>static IP to this computer but still can not ping it. Also the other
>computers on the router can not ping this computer but they can ping
>themselves.

Ron,

That's probably a firewall problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-internet-service.html#Security>

What firewalls do you have, or have ever had, on this computer?

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Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
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11 Jun 2005 2:21 AM

Ron

Your absolutly right. the problem was my Symatic Firewall on my computer.
When I turn the Client firewall off I can ping myself. Do you know if the is
away to set the client firewall up so you can ping yourself. I tried setting
the trusted IP addresses but still not ping myself. So I have just turned it
off for now.

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"Chuck" wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:40:01 -0700, Ron <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I connect to the internet through a router to a cable modem. I can ping the
> >router and get to the internet. I can also ping other computers on my router.
> >but I cannot ping myself. I have change NIC cards and have also set up a
> >static IP to this computer but still can not ping it. Also the other
> >computers on the router can not ping this computer but they can ping
> >themselves.
>
> Ron,
>
> That's probably a firewall problem.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-internet-service.html#Security>
>
> What firewalls do you have, or have ever had, on this computer?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.
>

11 Jun 2005 3:15 AM

Chuck

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:21:02 -0700, Ron <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Your absolutly right. the problem was my Symatic Firewall on my computer.
>When I turn the Client firewall off I can ping myself. Do you know if the is
>away to set the client firewall up so you can ping yourself. I tried setting
>the trusted IP addresses but still not ping myself. So I have just turned it
>off for now.

Ron,

For the better zone based firewalls, which I think includes NPF, you have to
make two settings:
1) Identify the addresses included in the Local (Trusted) zone.
2) Identify the access rights given to addresses in the Local (Trusted) zone.

I think you will need to retrieve the owners manual for whatever version of NPF
you have, spend some time perusing it, and do step 2. Newsgroup
comp.security.firewalls might be a good place for advice on configuring NPF.
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.security.firewalls>

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.