Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 problem

[sonoma1993]

At home Im running a domain consiting of both Server 2008 standard and Server 2008 R2 standard. On my computer dual booting vista and Windows 7. The problem I'm having, with my windows 7 install, I can't ping or remote into Server 2008 R2. It'll ping and remote into the server 2008. With Vista running, i am to remote and ping into Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2. Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 are able to ping each other as well.. Not a clue why Windows 7 isn't able to see the serve. When i ping, i get destination host unreachable. Any suggestions?

 

[yinan]

It is probably being blocked by the firewall. Make sure icmp requests are allowed.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: yinan
It is probably being blocked by the firewall. Make sure icmp requests are allowed.

Then why can he ping it from his Vista build?

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: yinan
It is probably being blocked by the firewall. Make sure icmp requests are allowed.

the firewalls are turned off on server 2008 R2, like i said before, windows vista, and my other server 2008 server can ping and remote desktop into my server 2008 R2 just fine. But Windows 7 cant ping it even though it can ping server 2008 just fine.. I'm running vista/windows 7 on the same machine.

 

[stlcardinals]

Originally posted by: sonoma1993

Originally posted by: yinan
It is probably being blocked by the firewall. Make sure icmp requests are allowed.

the firewalls are turned off on server 2008 R2, like i said before, windows vista, and my other server 2008 server can ping and remote desktop into my server 2008 R2 just fine. But Windows 7 cant ping it even though it can ping server 2008 just fine.. I'm running vista/windows 7 on the same machine.

Are you pinging by IP or by Name?

 

[Crusty]

Check your routes on both Vista and Windows 7 on the same machine. It seems like there might be discrepancy between them.

You can check them by going into a command prompt and running ROUTE PRINT

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: stlcardinals

Originally posted by: sonoma1993

Originally posted by: yinan
It is probably being blocked by the firewall. Make sure icmp requests are allowed.

the firewalls are turned off on server 2008 R2, like i said before, windows vista, and my other server 2008 server can ping and remote desktop into my server 2008 R2 just fine. But Windows 7 cant ping it even though it can ping server 2008 just fine.. I'm running vista/windows 7 on the same machine.

Are you pinging by IP or by Name?

If ping can't resolve the host it'll return a different error then "Destination host unreachable", something to the effect of "Ping request can't find host 'hostname'."

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Crusty
If ping can't resolve the host it'll return a different error then "Destination host unreachable", something to the effect of "Ping request can't find host 'hostname'."

As Crusty notes, the "Destination Host Unreachable" response to a Ping request is only "achieved" under certain circumstances. Simply not having name resolution or querying a non-existant IP address won't give that particular response. You can type, "Ping abcabcabc" or "Ping 300.300.300.300" and won't get the "Destination Host Unreachable" response.

Here's a discussion of "Destination Host Unreachable" that may help. This reference, and some others, point to issues with ARP.

 

[imported_snikt]

Tracert/pathping results?