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Can Open Pokerstars.net with Internet Explorer, but Can Not Ping To It

Hi Everyone:

I witnessed an interesting situation which is more academic in nature as opposed to needing troubleshooting. Basically, I noticed I can open a domain site called pokerstars.net, but, I can not ping to this site. Logically, one would expect that an inability to ping to a site would indicate a problem because data packets are not being send and received to that particular domain. However, the page loads fine within Internet Explorer. With that said, I am wondering how that is possible.

Any explanations or shared thoughts to this post will be appreciated.

Thank you

George

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Hi

With respect to setting the firewall to "do not respond to ping request", what exactly does that do for the site's security?

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George

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GMartin

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Hi There:

Thanks so much for the well thought out explanations to this question. I must confess, at first, I was very confused when I witnessed this situation and was not sure of what to make of it. Now, after reading everyone's feedback, I have a logical understanding of why we were unable to ping to this site even though we were able to load the homepage using Internet Explorer.

Many thanks again for taking the time to explain everything.

George