unable to ping second pc at home

[33scott]

hay,

i've got 2 computers at home with a router sat in the middle. the laptop has vista and the pc has xp sp2. i can ping the laptop from the pc but i can't ping the laptop from the pc!!!

this is becoming a real pain the neck so any ideas welcome.

cheers in advance

 

[Bash]

i can ping the laptop from the pc but i can't ping the laptop from the pc!!!

that doesn't make sense but I know what you mean

Have you got a local firewall?

 

[JordanKarl]

try using a cross over network cable and plug directly into each other, forget about router at moment... then make sure both have same Ip range... i.e 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 and both with subnet 255.255.255.0 for instance...

then make sure both are on same workgroup.. i.e WORKGROUP or MSHOME. and disable the firewall on both O/S's... then you can work back up to using the router and so on

 

[bluestreak101]

check you havent got windows firewall/other firewall blocking ping requests.

are you using wireless at all? if so check you havent got the option that stops comms between clients on.

dont bother with a crossover cable thats a waste of time.

 

[postmanfw]

dont bother with a crossover cable thats a waste of time.

Couldnt agree more!!! I spent many many hours trying to link two pcs together with a crossover cable. Followed all the guides and tried everything.

 

[bluestreak101]

If you really must use a cross over cable you will need these settings put on the two machines:

Machine 1:

IP 192.168.0.1
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS 1: 192.168.0.1

Machine 2:

IP 192.168.0.2
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS: 192.168.0.1

(Although the Gateway and DNS settings are not essential I always put them in anyway!)

 

[Deleted member 58846]

hay,

i've got 2 computers at home with a router sat in the middle. the laptop has vista and the pc has xp sp2. i can ping the laptop from the pc but i can't ping the laptop from the pc!!!

this is becoming a real pain the neck so any ideas welcome.

cheers in advance

You mean you can't ping the pc from the laptop? ......... firewalls? ip settings? workgroup?

 

[tolien]

The Windows firewall by default blocks ICMP, so unless you disable it or add a rule to allow ICMP you won't be able to ping it.