Re: Computer does not respond to ping on network

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From: Mike Calderon (mcal066_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:12:29 -0500

Ron:
Thanks for your help. There was a problem with the Cisco VPN client on that
machine. Although the client was disabled, the stateful firewall seemed to
have still been blocking access. I have uninstalled the client and all is
working fine now.
Mike

"Ron Lowe" <ron-msng@{d.e.l.e.t.e.}lowe-family.me.uk> wrote in message
news:e5Piz4q2EHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> There were no firewalls, other than XPSP2 installed on that machine,
>> however, the Cisco VPN client is installed. however, it is installed on
>> several other machines as well, and they have no problems. On this
>> machine, I have disabled it from starting. I will try uninstalling the
>> cisco client on that machine and test when I next have access to that
>> machine.
>
> Aha!
>
> Look at the configuration of the VPN client.
> Look for the option for 'Stateful Firewall ( Always On )'.
> I've come across this becoming enabled accidentally.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Ron Lowe
> MS-MVP Windows Networking
>
>

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