Why can't I ping host on own home network?

[Guest James Egan]

I can't ping my wife's PC from mine on our home network. My PC's IP

address is 192.168.1.4, and my wife's is 192.168.1.3. Our Linksys router

is 192.168.1.1, and is the gateway for both PC's I can't ping her PC from

mine, and vice versa. I turned off her Windows firewall, and also her

Avast virus protection (including flex firewall) and still can't ping one

from the other. What else could be preventing me from being able to ping

her PC?

 

-Thanks

[Guest Sascha Korritter]

Re: Why can't I ping host on own home network?

 

Hi James,

 

can you connect to the internet?

Do you have the same subnet mask configured?

Do you use wireless or wired network?

May check for third party tools which could block the ping pakets or hide

computers in the network.

May your router has a hardware firewall involved wich block the traffic.

 

Regards Sascha

[Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Re: Why can't I ping host on own home network?

 

Check the router settings.

 

"James Egan" <jegan472@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:ubKdnQ-xZPki7y3VnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@comcast.com...

:I can't ping my wife's PC from mine on our home network. My PC's IP

: address is 192.168.1.4, and my wife's is 192.168.1.3. Our Linksys router

: is 192.168.1.1, and is the gateway for both PC's I can't ping her PC from

: mine, and vice versa. I turned off her Windows firewall, and also her

: Avast virus protection (including flex firewall) and still can't ping one

: from the other. What else could be preventing me from being able to ping

: her PC?

:

: -Thanks

:

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Why can't I ping host on own home network?

 

On Aug 23, 9:27 pm, James Egan <jegan...@comcast.net> wrote:

> I can't ping my wife's PC from mine on our home network.  My PC's IP

> address is 192.168.1.4, and my wife's is 192.168.1.3.  Our Linksys router

> is 192.168.1.1, and is the gateway for both PC's  I can't ping her PC from

> mine, and vice versa.  I turned off her Windows firewall, and also her

> Avast virus protection (including flex firewall) and still can't ping one

> from the other.  What else could be preventing me from being able to ping

> her PC?

>

> -Thanks

 

You must note that several anti-virus system that includes a firewall

module, may not completely turn itself off when you request it.

Locate info on how to start up XP in a "clean boot" method and try

this. Clean booting XP should not load any advanced software

modules / drivers.

 

Also, check in the network configuration and unload any advanced

module that might be loaded. Minimum network modules should be:

 

Client for Microsoft networks (???)

File / Printer sharing

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)