Enable Ping on Windows 2008 Server




Enable ping on Windows Server 2008

On February 12, 2010, in Article, by Luis Ventura
Bydefault Microsoft disables Ping on the Windows platform, probably has an added security measure. However Ping maybe needed for testing or monitoring purposes. The process to allow Windows Server to respond to Pings is minimal, requiring minimal changes to the Windows firewall.
Go to Start Administrative Tools >Windows Firewall with Added Security
start-control-panel
On the sidebar look for Inbound Rules > File and Print Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-IN) > right click on Enable Rule
enable-rule
The rule has now been enabled and the server will respond to Pings.
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If you wish to later disable ping all you have to do is right click on the rule and select >Disable Rule

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