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Unable to ping Machine altough it has the IP address

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HI,

The problem is I am unable to ping the machine. It is acquiring the IP address and it is also able to access Internet, however when I am trying to ping from other machine its not pinging.

The machine is on HUB which is connected with network.

Regards,
Ravi

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One of two things

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The firewall is blocking incomming traffic of the profile is corrupt.

Unable to ping

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thank you for replying.

Checked the firewall settings and its off, still the issue persists, machine is also not allowing to login through administrator.

firewall

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the firewall is off on BOTH systems? It is the recieving pc that HAS to have the firewall off or have an exception for the other system.

You don’t need admin to ping.

Unable to ping

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Firewall is off on both the systems. I am not using admin to ping. That was just to provide you some more information that it is alos not allowing to login through admin. May be from this we can get some conclusion.

unable 2 ping

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It does happen sometimes this stuff can make u go nuts but i guess what u can do is change the duplex state of the network cards make sure they are same from half duplex,10mbps,100 mbps ry n make them same it should ping
Paul Aweyo

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How many network interfaces do you have?
Are you pinging on same network?

Unable to ping

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I have one Laptop and onne desktop with me. I am using hub and both the machines are on the same network. I am trying to ping the laptop from my desktop but I am unable to.
Request time out is the message.

Ping

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I got 2 questions
1. Can you ping the other way around?
2. I don’t understand the ADMIN log input – can you log to the machine as a user?
What happenes when you trying to log as an ADMIN?
I think this is a different problem as pinging a machine that is on the network is different then login to a machine that is on the network.

Also on the machine that you cannot ping when you running “IPCONFIG /all” is it giving you the same data as the other machine (Of course the IP addresses will be different)

Unable to ping

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First of let me provide you the answer of your second question. I can login to teh machine through regular domain user account, however cannot throughg administrator.

Regarding your first question, I cannot ping other way arouind also, but this machine has the IP address and is able to access all the network resources and INternet.

Hub may be problem.

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Do you have chance to replace the hub on a switch? It should take care speed and duplex mismatch and crossover cable issue.
Other wise you have to match that setting manually.

Routing issue?

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This sounds more like a routing issue. May be both the machines are getting different subnet mask, so please check whether routes are configured appropriatly.

Turn on File & Printer Sharing

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WinXP
Enable the Service
Click on ‘Start’ and then ‘My Network Places’.
In the left hand column under ‘Network Tasks’ click on ‘View Network Connections’.
In the ‘Network Connections’ window you will see a list of the networks your computer is connected to, arranged in groups. Under the ‘LAN or High-Speed Internet’ group will be your ‘Local Area Connection’.
Right click on the ‘Local Area Connection’ icon and click on ‘Properties’ to open the ‘Local Area Connection Properties’ window.
Under the ‘General’ tab there is a box which lists the clients, services and protocols used in this connection. There should be a tick in the box for ‘File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks’.
If it is not ticked then click on the box to put a tickmark there.
Click ‘OK’ to close the window.
You may be asked to reboot the computer. Once rebooted the file and printer sharing service will be running.

Win7
Open Network and Sharing Center by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Network and Internet, and then clicking Network and Sharing Center.
If network discovery is off, click the arrow button to expand the section, click Turn on network discovery, and then click Apply.
Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
If file sharing is off, click the arrow button to expand the section, click Turn on file sharing, and then click Apply.
Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

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