Windows 7 client not responding to ping

The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Best Answer. Per SpectorSoft support. This fixed the issue here. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Duality May 8, at UTC. I would start with the firewall regardless of the circumstances. Bill This person is a verified professional.

Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Thai Pepper. Gary May 8, at UTC. Ping works right out of the box so to speak. I agree with Duality; sounds like the Sonicwall is eating the ping packets. If I ping a host that is not there, ping waits and eventually times out. I am not sure why yours is taking forever. Set all you IPs to staic on the three computers.

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Win7 when configured on peer-to-peer Network has three types of Sharing configurations. This type of configuration makes it very easy to Entry Level Users to start Network sharing. For best results log to each computer's System Screen and set all the computers to be on a with the same Work Group name while each computer has its own unique name.

Make sure that the Software Firewall, AV, or other components of Security allow free local traffic on all Networked computers. If possible configure the Firewall correctly, or totally uninstall it to allow clean flow of local network traffic. If end up with the 3rd party software uninstalled or disabled, make sure that Windows native Firewall is On. If your network is comprised of Win 7 only and you want a simple Network, use this. Networking Win 7 with other version of Windows as Work Network works very well if all computers are Win 7 too.

Choose your type of Network. Click on the Security tab shown in the pic bellow to the right and check that the users and their permission shown in the pic bellow center and left are correctly configured. Then do the same to the Permission tab.