Cannot ping a Windows 11 machine
Oct 26
I'm trying to ping my Windows 11 machine from a Linux device. Here's what I've tried so far:
- Disabling Windows Defender Firewall
- Enabling inbound rules from the Advanced Options
- Restoring firewall & network settings
- Uninstalling VPNs
I'm 99% sure the issue is in the Windows machine since they can both ping the router and I can also successfully ping other Windows devices from Linux.
Am I missing something?
Edit: I don't think it's a firewall problem since I can't ping my Windows device regardless of the status of the Defender Firewall.
Edit 2: I don't know if it's related to this problem, but:
- Ping to localhost: Successful
- Ping to 127.0.0.1: General failure
- Ping to 192.168.x.x (Windows IP): Timeout
- Ping to 192.168.x.x (Other devices): Successful
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Accepted answer · original discussion
Nov 15
After poking around I managed to enable ICMP responses on my Windows 11 machine:
Open Windows Defender Firewall and select Advanced Settings in the sidebar. Switch to Inbound Rules via the Getting Started page or the sidebar. Find the rule named "Core Networking Diagnostics - ICMP Echo Request (ICMPv4-In)" with Profile of "Private, Public" (unless you're on a corporate domain...). You can right-click the rule and Enable Rule.
You might also want to do the same for the IPv6 version named "Core Networking Diagnostics - ICMP Echo Request (ICMPv6-In)". I don't know why Microsoft decided to disable these by default.
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