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Cannot Ping: Request Timed Out
Name: nandy Date: August 7, 2008 at 14:02:23 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: P4 Product: Dell
Comment:
Hi Guys,
2 Computers. Both XP. Wired.
Directly connected via ethernet cable.
Computer1: 192.168.1.1 Computer2: 192.168.1.2
LAN says CONNECTED.
Firewall OFF.
If computer1 pings 192.168.1.2, gets REQUEST TIMED OUT.
Name: guapo Date: August 7, 2008 at 14:53:08 Pacific
Reply:
If computer 1 is 192.168.1.1 ,then what is the IP address of the router? Run ipconfig on both computers and post the results. In the meantime you can set them to the same workgroup.
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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer Date: August 7, 2008 at 15:05:25 Pacific
Reply:
"Directly connected via ethernet cable."
nandy is this cable a crossover cable? If you are using a regular patch cable direct connecting nic to nic will not work. You need a crossover cable.
Name: nandy Date: August 7, 2008 at 16:01:43 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Wanderer!
yes, it's a Crossover cable.
Hi Quapo,
There's no router involved.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: August 7, 2008 at 18:20:08 Pacific
Reply:
Does it work in the reverse direction if you ping 1 from 2?
Why did you use those IP Addresses and what are the rest of the settings?
Life's more painless for the brainless.
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Response Number 5
Name: jefro Date: August 7, 2008 at 19:03:18 Pacific
Reply:
Firewalls should be configured to allow ping instead of disabling. Both sides need to be configured to allow ping.
"Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10
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Response Number 6
Name: wanderer Date: August 8, 2008 at 08:12:45 Pacific
Reply:
There is no need for a firewall between two directly connected pcs so disabling it eliminates one source of disconnect.
If the firewall is off on both and you have a crossover cable the only reason I can think of for failure is a bad nic or cable or there is another product installed that also acts as a firewall. Norton is a common one.
To make sure tcp/ip is working ping 127.0.0.1 on each pc. Then ping its own ip address. Pings should all be successful.
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