Why Win10 is capable to ping its own ethernet node?

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Hello everyone,
There are a few workstations in office that are capable to ping its own ethernet node, there are a few that not capable to do that.
I'm curious is there any settings for that.
As a side note: none of workstations are connected with each other. IP-address, for example, 192.1.1.88.
 
Assuming you mean pinging each other, Windows 10 by default disables ping via the built in Windows Firewall, some other software firewalls may have it enabled. The rule under Windows Firewall > Advanced Settings > Inbound rules is File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In), set this to enabled for all networks. If you are in a domain network you can push this out via Group Policy.
 
As above check the firewall

Slightly off topic maybe but 192.1.x.x is not a compliant internal subnet and could lead to routing issues later down the line if your machines try to access that public IP range.
 
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