Re: pinging itself as a test for a network card?

From: aa (aa_at_virgin.net)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:55:23 -0000

Thans, Marc,

I tried another canle and used another slot in the router - no change.
Where do I control firewall settings from?
The router - Vigor2600X is said to have a built in firewall.

"Marc Reynolds [MSFT]" <marcrey@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OnbY0O97DHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Pinging a network card's own address successfully shows that the TCP/IP
> stack is properly bound to the NIC, but doesn't rule out a problem with
the
> NIC.
> As Priya mentions you should make sure you don't have a firewall on the
> client and if you do that it allows ICMP traffic. Also the problem could
be
> the network cable or the hub/switch port you are plugged into.
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Reynolds
> Microsoft Technical Support
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>
> <aa> wrote in message news:uxczHc77DHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > A networked computer can ping but cannot be pinged.
> > However it can ping itself - is this an indication that the network card
> is
> > OK?
> > I.e. when it pings itself - does the request go out of the card's OUT to
> the
> > card's IN, or it somehow shorcuts and pinging itself proves nothing?
> >
> >
>
>

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