How to Enable Ping in Windows?

[lijeshk]

Here is the list of steps to need to follow to enable Ping in a Windows machine:

• Go to Start
• Open a command prompt
• Type in the following: netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 enable

           Test it out, the server should be pingable now!

• To disable it again, you give in this command: netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disable

OR

You can enable ping in windows server 2008 by the following method also:

Go to Start >> Administrative Tools >> Windows Firewall with Advanced Security >> Scroll down to “File And Print Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-IN)” (or v6 if you are using ipv6) >> Enable this rule.

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