I have an XP Workstation installed on my network. I  can connect to the
network fine from that workstation. However, when I try to connect TO that
workstation, even to do something as simple as a ping, it fails. When i first
started using this machine, everything worked fine...it just decided one day
to start refusing incoming requests of any kind.

Oddly enough, I can still see the machine on the network. I just can't talk
to it.

I have tried all the knowledge base articles that refer to the firewall,
even to the point of turning the firewall off to see if that's the issue, and
it isn't. Even with no firewall, I can't ping the machine. Can anyone point
me in the right direction here?

Geoffrey Callaghan

Do you have other security software like Norton security? Can the computer ping itself?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  I have an XP Workstation installed on my network. I  can connect to the
  network fine from that workstation. However, when I try to connect TO that
  workstation, even to do something as simple as a ping, it fails. When i first
  started using this machine, everything worked fine...it just decided one day
  to start refusing incoming requests of any kind.

  Oddly enough, I can still see the machine on the network. I just can't talk
  to it.

  I have tried all the knowledge base articles that refer to the firewall,
  even to the point of turning the firewall off to see if that's the issue, and
  it isn't. Even with no firewall, I can't ping the machine. Can anyone point
  me in the right direction here?

  Geoffrey Callaghan

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