Re: Windows 2003 Server works fine but cannot be pinged

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:57:59 -0700

Hello again,

The hosting company do not put on a firewall - I have
spoken to them.

In TCP/IP properties it obtains IP and DNS automatically.

There is no ICF enabled.

Cables, switches all fine.

When I ping default gateway it says Negotiating IP
Security.

When I run arp -a it shows the default gateway IP address.

I presume there is something in the IPSec that is
blocking it.

Tom

>-----Original Message-----
>It might also be behind a firewall at the hosting
company that blocks ping
>(and likely other things). I'd give the hosting company
a call and talk to
>them about it.
>
>Phil
>
>"Miha Pihler" wrote:
>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Check TCP/IP settings. Make sure IP that is assigned
is correct (compare it
>> to working computer settings). Also check other
parameters e.g. subnet mask,
>> default gateway, etc.
>>
>> Make sure that server doesn't have ICF (personal
firewall) enabled. While
>> ICF will stop any incoming traffic (including ping to
the server) by
>> default, it should not stop outgoing traffic.
>>
>> Check the cables, switches etc.
>>
>> Can you ping e.g. default gateway? If you try ti ping
anything from the
>> server and run
>>
>> arp -a
>>
>> do you see any IPs and valid MAC addresses?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> "Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>> news:454301c4a62d$b3b6fe70$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> > Hello,
>> > We rent a Windows 2003 Server which handles our
emails,
>> > hosts our web sites and hold our databases. It is
all
>> > working fine but for some reason I cannot ping to or
from
>> > the server. I found this out when I was trying to
get VNC
>> > to work. VNC will not work if you cannot ping. So
does
>> > anyone know where I should look first, maybe it is a
>> > security setting.
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>.
>

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