XP - Ping one way but not other?
chrisdman
I have 2 Computers - Laptop (A) and PC (B).
"A" is running XP Pro (SP3) with a belkin wireless adaptor (connected to
router).
"B" is running XP Home (SP3) with a cable connection to a belkin wireless
router.
Right........
PC "B" can ping the router and Laptop "A".
Laptop "A" can ping the router but not PC "B".
Both systems have very little on them and I have tried disabling the
standard windows firewall on both (no other firewalls installed on either
yet).
The file-sharing works fine on PC "B". I can transfer files to and from the
laptop "A" and all is fine (all shared folders from "A"+"B" are visable on PC
"B")
On Laptop "A" I am unable to see any shared folders from PC "B".
When I click on "view network computers" in "my network places" on Laptop
"A" the PC "B" has an icon there but shows an error when I try to connect to
it:
"\\Sarah1 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions.
The network path was not found"
Laptop "A" is called "BOB" and has a static IP address of 192.168.1.8
PC "B" is called "Sarah1" and has a static IP address of 192.168.1.7
Ping shots and ipconfig/all from laptop "A".
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ping bob
Pinging bob [192.168.1.7] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.7:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ping 192.168.1.1
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ping sarah1
Pinging sarah1 [192.168.1.8] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.8:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 0, Lost = 3 (100% loss),
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : bob
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : National Semiconductor
DP83815-Based
PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-D0-4B-50-14
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin 54g Wireless USB Network
Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-3F-13-6A-13
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>
Ping shots from PC "B".
C:\Documents and Settings\User>ping bob
Pinging bob [192.168.1.7] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.7:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\User>ping 192.168.1.1
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\User>ping sarah1
Pinging SARAH1 [192.168.1.8] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.8: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.8: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.8:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\User>
C:\Documents and Settings\User>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SARAH1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-6C-F1-1A-AD
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100
C:\Documents and Settings\User>
I hope someone can help me with this as it's driving me mad!
chrisdman
chrisdman
Please...............
Jim
A setting on Laptop A is not allowing ICMP packets to enter the OS.
Usually, the problem is a misconfigured firewall (or overlooked). Go no
further until you can get the ping problem resolved.
Jim
"chrisdman" <chri...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9EE8BCCC-0EE6-4D35...@microsoft.com...
John Wunderlich
in news:9EE8BCCC-0EE6-4D35...@microsoft.com:
This sure smells like a firewall problem on Camputer B. Make sure
computer B does not have a firewall running on it. Look for hidden
ones too --- for example if you use the Cisco VPN Client, it includes a
firewall that is active even when the client isn't (unless you disable
it).
HTH,
John
Lem
Did things ever work? If so, what changes were made to the system after
which the problems started?
What antivirus application is running on each computer? Some a/v apps
(notably Norton) include an "Internet Worm Protection" feature that
actually is a firewall and needs to be configured.
Do you have nVidia NICs on your motherboard? Some nVidia chips have a
built-in firewall: http://www.nvidia.com/object/security.html
--
Lem
Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
chrisdman
Lem,
Thanks for getting back to me.
The PC has a Nvidia chip on it (on-board graphics) and I am in the process
of removing this (or try to!).
Is there any way to know if any more things are blocking this?
Thanks,
Chirs.
"Lem" wrote:
> .
>
Jim
> Lem,
>
> Thanks for getting back to me.
>
> The PC has a Nvidia chip on it (on-board graphics) and I am in the process
> of removing this (or try to!).
Jim
<snip>
Lem
*Don't* *remove* the chip.
If you have an Nvidia nForce chip on you motherboard it may have
nVidia's ActiveArmor firewall. This firmware-implemented firewall used
to be user-configurable. You may now be limited to disabling it. See
this 2-year-old thread: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=47170
Or ask nVidia support (especially if you don't know whether or not your
particular chip has this feature): http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html
chrisdman
Thanks again for the help.
It wasn't the nvidia chip in the end (could not find the firewall/network
thing anyway).
It turned out to be a bit of software left over from an old install of mcafe.
Got rid of this and worked fine.
Thanks for the help though!
Chris.