wierd ping issue

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Original Message

Name: problemchild
Date: March 12, 2004 at 07:20:24 Pacific
Subject: wierd ping issue
OS: NT4 server
CPU/Ram: 999

Comment:

hi
have a very strange message. have a nt4 server PDC and nt4 server BDC. have a HP printer. Every PC on the network can ping successfully the printer and the PDC. The PDC can ping everything apart from this printer - request times out.
it can ping other printers no problem as well/
any ideas

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Response Number 1

Name: wanderer
Date: March 12, 2004 at 12:23:23 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

bad entry for this printers ip address in the hosts or lmhost file on the server?
Firewall software loaded on the server that doesn't have the hp printer ip allowed?

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Response Number 2

Name: problemchild
Date: March 15, 2004 at 01:54:54 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

hi
have checked hosts and lmhosts - nothing seems to be wrong
no firewall software installed.

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Response Number 3

Name: problemchild
Date: March 15, 2004 at 08:47:36 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

hi
just to add to the wierd problem
I can now ping this printer.. but am unable to ping another - one which was working last week,. what is going on with my print server
have done a fullscan for viruses and its clean.
any ideas?

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