Cannot Ping Vista Machine

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I have an XP laptop (Wireless) and a Vista desktop (Wired) connected through
a liksys wireless router. I can't get the xp machine to ping the vista
machine.

All firewalls are disabled and neither machine has any anti-virus or
software. They both have connections to the internet and can even share
files.

On the vista machine I have the network discovery turned on, the network is
set to private and I have all the sharing options turned on. I even
unchecked the "local area connection" to unprotect it from the firewall.
(Even though the firewall is off).

What would keep vista from responding to pings?
 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

How to give Permissions are there, too.

If you are running Norton, Trend Micro, McAfee, etc’s Firewall, check its
settings to make sure it allows file and printer sharing..

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
 
File and print sharing are working fine.

Not running Norton, McAfee or any firewall or anti virus software.

Workgroup names shouldn't affect icmp replies.

Network discovery is on.

Network is set to private.

File sharing is on.

Public folder sharing is on.

Password protection is off.

File and print sharing are working fine. Vista machine will not reply to
pings.

I'm trying to resolve the ping problem.
 
danielafortier said:
I have an XP laptop (Wireless) and a Vista desktop (Wired) connected
through
a liksys wireless router. I can't get the xp machine to ping the vista
machine.

All firewalls are disabled and neither machine has any anti-virus or
software. They both have connections to the internet and can even share
files.

On the vista machine I have the network discovery turned on, the network
is
set to private and I have all the sharing options turned on. I even
unchecked the "local area connection" to unprotect it from the firewall.
(Even though the firewall is off).

What would keep vista from responding to pings?
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Can the Vista computer ping the XP computer by name and by IP address? Have
you tried pinging the Vista computer both by name and by IP address? Were
the errors the same? Was there ever any 3rd party AV/security software
installed on the Vista computer? If yes then what was it?
 
danielafortier said:
I have an XP laptop (Wireless) and a Vista desktop (Wired) connected through
a liksys wireless router. I can't get the xp machine to ping the vista
machine.

All firewalls are disabled and neither machine has any anti-virus or
software. They both have connections to the internet and can even share
files.

On the vista machine I have the network discovery turned on, the network is
set to private and I have all the sharing options turned on. I even
unchecked the "local area connection" to unprotect it from the firewall.
(Even though the firewall is off).

What would keep vista from responding to pings?
Click to expand...
 
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