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Name: cgamsjager
Date: August 27, 2008 at 10:54:24 Pacific
OS: win xp pro
CPU/Ram: 2 gb
Product: dell
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I have a weird thing going on at work. I am unable to ping computer 1 from any computer but computer 1 can ping out. I have tried and tested many things I.E. different switch, no firewall, different computer on the same switch, check ICMP settings to see if its allowed to be pinged (it is through DHCP). My boss checked the BIG firewall no request even goes to the computer for ping... I am at a loss and would love some feedback.

hello hello hello, is there anybody in there...



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Name: Curt R
Date: August 27, 2008 at 13:13:55 Pacific
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My boss checked the BIG firewall no request even goes to the computer for ping...

This tells me something is blocking it. The "BIG firewall" perhaps!?!?!? It's certainly a good place to start troubleshooting.

This is the point in the troubleshooting steps where I would get some packet sniffers on the network to see what kind of traffic is going where.


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Name: cgamsjager
Date: August 27, 2008 at 13:25:36 Pacific
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the firewall logs arent even receiving a request to block and it dosnt matter what computer we ping it from.

hello hello hello, is there anybody in there...


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Response Number 3
Name: Curt R
Date: August 27, 2008 at 14:22:26 Pacific
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Ok, time to get packet sniffing and figure out what data's being transmitted, what isn't, and what's blocking the pings.

You might also want to try a tracert (from a command prompt window) on a couple of the PC's that aren't pinging and compare to one that is.


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Response Number 4
Name: cgamsjager
Date: August 27, 2008 at 14:25:45 Pacific
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Found it i was a VPN client we had on the computer Thank you so much for the help

hello hello hello, is there anybody in there...


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