Enabling Ping
will make network troubleshooting easier which allows all inbound ICMP traffics and this also includes the echo requests by using this common command.
![pingdiagram](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/pingdiagram2.jpg)
Requests will expire as shown in the image below before Ping
is enabled.
![ping1](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping1.png)
This guide outlines the basic steps to enable and disable Ping from the Windows firewall on the Windows server.
Step A - Opening Windows firewall
To open the Windows firewall, just click on the Windows key to open start
and search firewall
, and then click on the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security
which is shown in the below image.
![ping2](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping2.png)
From the menu on the left, select the Inbound Rules
specified in the image below.
![ping3](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping3.png)
Step B - Enabling OR Disabling the rule
To Enable for IPv4
Select File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In)
from the rules listed under Inbound Rules
and enable the rule as shown in the below image.
![ping4](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping4.png)
To Enable for IPv6
Select File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv6-In)
from the rules listed under Inbound Rules
and enable the rule as shown in the below image.
![ping5](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping5.png)
Once the ping
is enabled, the server should now respond to ping requests for both IPv4 and IPv6. That is shown in the below image.
![ping6](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping6.png)
To Disable for IPv4
Select File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In)
from the rules listed under Inbound Rules and disable the rule as shown in the below image.
![ping8](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping8.png)
To Disable for IPv6
Select File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv6-In)
from the rules listed under Inbound Rules and disable the rule as shown in the below image.
![ping8](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping9.png)
Once the ping is disabled, the server should now respond to ping requests for both IPv4 and IPv6. That is shown in the below image.
![ping10](https://www.layerstack.com/img/docs/resources/ping10.png)
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