Windows XP Guest VM is not reachable via ping

[yeuwen]

Hi,

I have configured a Windows XP Guest vm to use bridged networking. IPCONFIG shows the same Subnet Mask and Default Gateway as what my Windows XP Host shows. I can ping my HOST IP from within the Guest vm but I am unable to ping my Guest VM IP.

What else am I missing?

Thank you.

Yeu Wen

[baf]

Firewall in the guest?

[yeuwen]

Hmm... yes it is caused by the guest windows firewall.

I actually cloned this vm from another vm which allows ping. I had thought all the settings would be the same as the original vm I clone from. Thanks for the reminder.

[yeuwen]

What is interesting is that when I run my original VM again, it responds to ping requests and guess what it has firewall set to ON.

Now, that is why I did not think about switching the firewall to off in the cloned VM.

[BillG]

You do not need to turn the firewall off. All you need to do is allow ICMP echo, which is what ping uses.

[yeuwen]

Alright, but the point is my original VM does not need any firewall settings to be done. Wonder what else is different?

[Sasquatch]

Did you change any setting of the original VM after you cloned it? Because 'File and printer sharing' is what toggles ICMP echo options in the firewall. If you put that as an exception, other systems can both ping and access files on that system. A default, clean install of XP with the latest updates should still block ping.