How to allow ping replies with SP2 Firewall ?

Hi all

We are running a mix network of 2000 (SP4), NT (SP6a) and XP (SP2) machines.
When working on our anti-virus managment software it is really handy to be
able to ping a machine (if the AV manager tells us a particular machine has
not updated and this machine is in a differnt office, rather than having to
contact that office I can just ping the machine, if it replies then there's
a problem if not then the machine is off)

I there anyway (without turning off the firewall in SP2) to allow XP SP2
machines reply to pings ? (like adding something to the exceptions list)

thanks for any replies
gerryR

Open the Windows firewall and select the Advanced Tab, then select the ICMP
setting. Placing a check in the first option "Allow incoming echo request"
should do it or just allow port 445.

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"gerryR" wrote in message
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Hi all

We are running a mix network of 2000 (SP4), NT (SP6a) and XP (SP2)
machines. When working on our anti-virus managment software it is really
handy to be able to ping a machine (if the AV manager tells us a
particular machine has not updated and this machine is in a differnt
office, rather than having to contact that office I can just ping the
machine, if it replies then there's a problem if not then the machine is
off)

I there anyway (without turning off the firewall in SP2) to allow XP SP2
machines reply to pings ? (like adding something to the exceptions list)

thanks for any replies
gerryR

Perfect, thanks a million.

just to be a pain, is there anything in there I can change that will allw
access to the administrator share (c$) ?
thanks for you help
gerryR



"pcbutts1" wrote in message
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Open the Windows firewall and select the Advanced Tab, then select the
ICMP setting. Placing a check in the first option "Allow incoming echo
request" should do it or just allow port 445.

--


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"gerryR" wrote in message
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Hi all

We are running a mix network of 2000 (SP4), NT (SP6a) and XP (SP2)
machines. When working on our anti-virus managment software it is really
handy to be able to ping a machine (if the AV manager tells us a
particular machine has not updated and this machine is in a differnt
office, rather than having to contact that office I can just ping the
machine, if it replies then there's a problem if not then the machine is
off)

I there anyway (without turning off the firewall in SP2) to allow XP SP2
machines reply to pings ? (like adding something to the exceptions list)

thanks for any replies
gerryR

I "file and printer sharing" is enabled, you should be able to access remote
machines with c$ share. But you have propably disabled it, because viruses
typically tries to scan network shares (like c$) to get access to remote
machines.



"gerryR" wrote in message
...
Perfect, thanks a million.

just to be a pain, is there anything in there I can change that will allw
access to the administrator share (c$) ?
thanks for you help
gerryR



"pcbutts1" wrote in message
. com...
Open the Windows firewall and select the Advanced Tab, then select the
ICMP setting. Placing a check in the first option "Allow incoming echo
request" should do it or just allow port 445.

--


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See it all at http://www.seedsv.com/products.htm
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"gerryR" wrote in message
...
Hi all

We are running a mix network of 2000 (SP4), NT (SP6a) and XP (SP2)
machines. When working on our anti-virus managment software it is really
handy to be able to ping a machine (if the AV manager tells us a
particular machine has not updated and this machine is in a differnt
office, rather than having to contact that office I can just ping the
machine, if it replies then there's a problem if not then the machine is
off)

I there anyway (without turning off the firewall in SP2) to allow XP SP2
machines reply to pings ? (like adding something to the exceptions
list)

thanks for any replies
gerryR

Cheers for the reply again

The problem seems to be with the firewall, if I turn it on I cannot access
the c$ but if I turn it off I can.

Thanks for your assistance
gerryR


"News Reader" wrote in message
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I "file and printer sharing" is enabled, you should be able to access
remote machines with c$ share. But you have propably disabled it, because
viruses typically tries to scan network shares (like c$) to get access to
remote machines.



"gerryR" wrote in message
...
Perfect, thanks a million.

just to be a pain, is there anything in there I can change that will allw
access to the administrator share (c$) ?
thanks for you help
gerryR



"pcbutts1" wrote in message
. com...
Open the Windows firewall and select the Advanced Tab, then select the
ICMP setting. Placing a check in the first option "Allow incoming echo
request" should do it or just allow port 445.

--


The best live web video on the internet
http://www.seedsv.com/webdemo.htm
NEW Embedded system W/Linux. We now sell DVR cards.
See it all at http://www.seedsv.com/products.htm
Sharpvision simply the best http://www.seedsv.com



"gerryR" wrote in message
...
Hi all

We are running a mix network of 2000 (SP4), NT (SP6a) and XP (SP2)
machines. When working on our anti-virus managment software it is
really handy to be able to ping a machine (if the AV manager tells us a
particular machine has not updated and this machine is in a differnt
office, rather than having to contact that office I can just ping the
machine, if it replies then there's a problem if not then the machine
is off)

I there anyway (without turning off the firewall in SP2) to allow XP
SP2 machines reply to pings ? (like adding something to the exceptions
list)

thanks for any replies
gerryR