Why would an operating system allow you to disable ICMP? ICMP has no security issues and IS a vital part of what keeps TCP/IP working properly.
Allowing users to configure/disable this is as silly as when clueless firewall admins block all ICMP and then wonder why their users have problem accessing the network and browsing the internet. On 10/13/06, Turner, Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check that Windows has the Service running that responds to ICMP > packets. What is that? Got me. > > If you are running XP then check Control Panel>>Windows > Firewall>>Advanced>>ICMP>>Settings and be sure that everything is set on > that you want. > > Thank you, > Jay Turner > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ackie > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 11:35 AM > To: 'Community support list for Wireshark' > Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] Lost packets can not ping > mymachineonmynetwork > > Well I suppose reinstalling :-(( is probably going to be the only way I > can > get a definitive answer to this Network oddity .. Wire shark seems to > suggest that all is fine with regards to send/receive ping requests .. > M1 > for what ever reason will not answer the door knock ... But allows file > & > print sharing no problem .. I think I will pass on a reinstall > > Must be a Microsoft never to be solved mystery :-)) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen > Fisher > Sent: 13 October 2006 00:44 > To: Community support list for Wireshark > Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] Lost packets can not ping my > machineonmynetwork > > > > Your setup sounds fine and the ping requests are leaving the other > machines AND arriving at M1. However, M1 chooses not to reply. I don't > > see any reason from a network perspective that this is happening. If > it's a Windows machine, have you tried reinstalling? :) > > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users > > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users > _______________________________________________ Wireshark-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users
