Can't ping or access one computer on my network

randyengle · 06-24-2008, 10:32 AM

I have 4 computers on my network.

My main computer is my laptop (XP SP2)

I can ping all the machines from any machine except I cannot ping my laptop, nor can I see my laptop in any other way from the other machines.

The laptop access the rest of the network and the internet just fine.

Windows Firewall is off.

I'm perplexed. Many thanks for any help.

randyengle · 06-24-2008, 11:12 AM

SOLUTION!!!

I had this problem where the firewall was disabled and I could ping other machines and access the internet, but i could not ping (or otherwise connect) to my machine from other machines on my local network.

In my case the problem was a setting with the Cisco VPN Client. Even though it was NOT IN USE when i saw the problem, the solution was to
1. Open the Cisco VPN Client (but you don't necessarily need to connect to anything)
2. Right-click the system tray icon in the bottom right of your toolbar
3. UNCHECK "Stateful firewall (Always On)"
4. Rejoice, for i can once again ping and FTP!

06-24-2008, 10:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
randyengle Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Can't ping or access one computer on my network I have 4 computers on my network. My main computer is my laptop (XP SP2) I can ping all the machines from any machine except I cannot ping my laptop, nor can I see my laptop in any other way from the other machines. The laptop access the rest of the network and the internet just fine. Windows Firewall is off. I'm perplexed. Many thanks for any help.

06-24-2008, 11:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
randyengle Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: Can't ping or access one computer on my network SOLUTION!!! I had this problem where the firewall was disabled and I could ping other machines and access the internet, but i could not ping (or otherwise connect) to my machine from other machines on my local network. In my case the problem was a setting with the Cisco VPN Client. Even though it was NOT IN USE when i saw the problem, the solution was to 1. Open the Cisco VPN Client (but you don't necessarily need to connect to anything) 2. Right-click the system tray icon in the bottom right of your toolbar 3. UNCHECK "Stateful firewall (Always On)" 4. Rejoice, for i can once again ping and FTP!