Comments on: Allow Pings (ICMP Echo Request) Through Your Windows Vista Firewall http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/ Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:56:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Phillip Trent http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-73927 Phillip Trent Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:51:28 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/#comment-73927 Thank you Dave. I was scratching my head trying to figure out why ICMP Echo was not in the Core Networking rules. Thank you Dave. I was scratching my head trying to figure out why ICMP Echo was not in the Core Networking rules.

]]> By: Dave Miller http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-73568 Dave Miller Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:36:28 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/#comment-73568 For Windows 7 Microsoft made changing this a tad more obscure (at least in the release candidate). Use the same approach to changing the settings through the GUI as described above but you'll find that the "Networking - Echo Request (ICMPv4-In)" setting is no longer present. Use the appropriate "File and Printer Sharing - Discovery" settings instead. There are a total of six with three each for IPv4 and IPv6 with each one providing a different scope as to who can ping. Also note that the CLI approach as described for Vista doesn't work for W7 either. I tried fumbling around with the changed syntax for a little while before going back to the GUI and trying the File and Printer Sharing rules. That worked which was sufficient for me. Someone else gets to decipher the new CLI syntax. Cheers, Dave For Windows 7 Microsoft made changing this a tad more obscure (at least in the release candidate). Use the same approach to changing the settings through the GUI as described above but you’ll find that the “Networking – Echo Request (ICMPv4-In)” setting is no longer present. Use the appropriate “File and Printer Sharing – Discovery” settings instead. There are a total of six with three each for IPv4 and IPv6 with each one providing a different scope as to who can ping.

Also note that the CLI approach as described for Vista doesn’t work for W7 either. I tried fumbling around with the changed syntax for a little while before going back to the GUI and trying the File and Printer Sharing rules. That worked which was sufficient for me. Someone else gets to decipher the new CLI syntax.

Cheers,
Dave

]]> By: Per http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-66278 Per Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:58:29 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/#comment-66278 The Geek meant the following key combination: Ctrl + Shift + Enter The Geek meant the following key combination: Ctrl + Shift + Enter

]]> By: Firewired http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-54007 Firewired Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:52:30 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/allow-pings-icmp-echo-request-through-your-windows-vista-firewall/#comment-54007 Cntrl+Shift+Escape=Windows Task manager, on my VISTA Home Ultimate. Can't get any further. Suggestions?? Cntrl+Shift+Escape=Windows Task manager, on my VISTA Home Ultimate. Can’t get any further. Suggestions??

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