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rfc1484
Asked: 2012-03-15 11:01:07 +0800 CST

Ubuntu machine not responding to ping from Windows machine on same network

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I want to fix this because it seems the reason why I cannot share ubuntu folders with my Windows machine.

Windows 7 machine network configuration:

IP: 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.2.1

dns: 8.8.8.8, 4.4.4.4

Ubuntu machine network configuration:

IP: 192.168.2.3
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.2.1

dns: 8.8.8.8, 4.4.4.4

I can ping my Windows machine from Ubuntu but I cannot ping my Ubuntu machine from Windows.

Any suggestions?

samba ping shared-folders

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Maybe your iptables (aka Firewall) has rule for blocking ping requests.
    You can check it easily by disabling the iptables with the command sudo ufw disable. Run the ping test again.
    Enable it again with sudo ufw enable.

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  2. 4.4.4.4 is not a Google DNS, Google now has established public DNS servers at 8.8.8.8, and 8.8.4.4 can additionally be used.

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