XP cannot ping win 7

Allow ICMP via Windows Firewall
https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/31687/Windows-Firewall-as-Code.html

Public is the one by default allocated. I'm sure before I also selected allow edge device but still did not resolve issue so I eventually reset back to defaults.

I wanted to leave firewall in place & just allow ICMP ping.

I will try though

Smbv1 disabled not sure where to locate that

Currently not requiring GPO as just small network

Public (vs Private) does not prevent pinging (in my experience)

It can. It is two different profiles

yes I realise public private are separate but as clutching at straws I tried it anyway although no logic

I also selected both public & domain even though no domain in place & allowed firewall access via edge ports via inbound option only obviously but it did not resolve issue hence resetting defaults & sending this question out via this site.

the smbv1 is something I don't really understand but come across it but not sure where to locate so will look on Google.

I wish to allow ping from xp to win 7 not prevent.

The Microsoft Article was fairly descriptive. Microsoft has disabled SMBv1 for security reasons and it should not be enable, but then you cannot connect Windows 7 to Windows XP.  Move data by USB Key / Hard Drive

My site to site VPN via as is installed also on both win 7 & xp but the win 7 VPN connection was showing connection as down so that was my other issue to look at.

I understood that. In the article I posted above using powershell

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" SMB1 -Type DWORD -Value 1 –Force

Note You must restart the computer after you make these changes.

hi john

so are you saying don't bother & if anything use same operating system on both sides is win 7 or only XP ??

Windows 7 can connect to Windows 7 or even higher.  It is XP that is the problem in terms of security.

hi John I will look at that just to see if it does allow the ping from XP to come through to win 7 successfully.

It's only a test for troubleshooting anyway even though as long as I can ping router interfaces should be sufficient anyway as I am also using in this case eigrp for eg

it's only because I have SDM already installed on XP already.

but ok thanks for that.

ok so it's xp not win 7. ok

So that's probably why my site to site VPN shows as down on win 7 then due to come restrictions then I assume ?

Most likely, yes

ok good to know.  saves me wasting anymore time.

apologies for typos from my mobile

I will test this either this week or next weekend

yes the ping works from both win 7 machines instead of, xp & win 7.

I ensured both are set to either:

- work, or public
- I then reset firewall back to defaults on both
- set ping up to confirm changes and then successful ping when it came through as I go through these steps
- I selected (inbound), file & print, enabled for folder share if required or don't have to & then properties, scope tab: remote ip address, click add & input remote ip address of the pc I was trying to connect & click ok. - this was repeated on both side and firewall is also back up as normal but allowing only icmp messages to get through on both machines - successfully.

after realising the network zones were not the same although originally they was I focussed on that first & then went about locking down on how to allow the both win 7 machines specifically by adding the ip address to allow icmp - which is successful.

but all comments helped also

Thanks for the update.