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cannot ping localhot but acces to internet
Hi everybody,
I have the following problem: I have two machines both with windows XP home installed on them and i want to set up a lan between them with a cross cable This is my problem: I can't ping 127.0.0.1 on both the machines but on the other hand i can acces the internet and load this page... So what is the problem?? I've tried to reinstall the IP stack with the netsh utility but even that doesn't change anything in the ping replies... Does anybody have a proposal to my problem?? Thank you for your feedback |
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cannot ping localhot but acces to internet
This is usually because of a firewall
-- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "leketje" wrote in message ... Hi everybody, I have the following problem: I have two machines both with windows XP home installed on them and i want to set up a lan between them with a cross cable This is my problem: I can't ping 127.0.0.1 on both the machines but on the other hand i can acces the internet and load this page... So what is the problem?? I've tried to reinstall the IP stack with the netsh utility but even that doesn't change anything in the ping replies... Does anybody have a proposal to my problem?? Thank you for your feedback |
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cannot ping localhot but acces to internet
Indeed I have on both computers Norton Firewall installed
How does the firewall interfere with this ping since localhost doesn't need to access the network medium and is known as my own computer... and what is a possible solution if i wan't to keep my firewall?? -----Original Message----- This is usually because of a firewall -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "leketje" wrote in message ... Hi everybody, I have the following problem: I have two machines both with windows XP home installed on them and i want to set up a lan between them with a cross cable This is my problem: I can't ping 127.0.0.1 on both the machines but on the other hand i can acces the internet and load this page... So what is the problem?? I've tried to reinstall the IP stack with the netsh utility but even that doesn't change anything in the ping replies... Does anybody have a proposal to my problem?? Thank you for your feedback . |
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cannot ping localhot but acces to internet
Well as far as localhost goes, maybe you don't care. However you will need
to make accomodations if you ever want file sharing to work between the two machines. -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "leketje" wrote in message ... Indeed I have on both computers Norton Firewall installed How does the firewall interfere with this ping since localhost doesn't need to access the network medium and is known as my own computer... and what is a possible solution if i wan't to keep my firewall?? -----Original Message----- This is usually because of a firewall -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "leketje" wrote in message ... Hi everybody, I have the following problem: I have two machines both with windows XP home installed on them and i want to set up a lan between them with a cross cable This is my problem: I can't ping 127.0.0.1 on both the machines but on the other hand i can acces the internet and load this page... So what is the problem?? I've tried to reinstall the IP stack with the netsh utility but even that doesn't change anything in the ping replies... Does anybody have a proposal to my problem?? Thank you for your feedback . |
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