Re: My computer is not pingable

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From: NightOwl (chimera926_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:16:19 GMT

Thanks for your help. Perhaps choosing another firewall is the best answer
after all.

Joan

"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eyKXpJuEFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> In news:Qj8Qd.39009$K54.21596@edtnps84,
> NightOwl <chimera926@hotmail.com> had this to say:
>
>
>> Correct. It must be a Norton Internet Security setting because when
>> it is disabled my computer can be pinged.
>>
>> However, I do not know which setting has turned the computer into a
>> "Stealth" configuration. All I want to do is exchange family photos
>> and obtain documentation from my home computer when I am teaching a
>> class of seniors. Nothing nefarious, I assure you.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> I'm afraid that I don't use Norton's security products though there's
> probably a help file with it that you can use. I honestly haven't a clue,
> there's probably some setting that says "stealth" or the like as that's
> the
> usual term though I've heard "invisible" used as well. Either is not
> really
> true but it just means that your PC eats the ping responses instead of
> sending them back out with either an "authorative host not found" or a
> "acknowledgement" packet. It simply doesn't eat any. I'd assume that with
> your firewall enabled that unless you use a specific application for
> sharing
> files (a personal server of sorts, there's plenty available and most have
> some sort of security option) which you'd then set up and have set to
> allow
> to pass through the firewall. All of that varies depending on the software
> so all I can give you is generic terms to get you started.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
> the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
> in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
> stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
> mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
>
>

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