Technical @ Updates

I am writing this article as I was unable to ping a Windows 2008 server and I wanted to add it in a monitoring system.
The monitoring system I was using a third party system which try to contact server at some specific ports, telnet and ping etc. to check connectivity.
By default Windows server 2008 comes with a firewall enabled on it which is not the case with Windows 2003
There are hundreds of advanced features available in Windows 2008 firewall.
Well come to the point. To enable ping on a Windows 2008 server following are the steps :-

Login your Windows 2008 server in RDP >>
A pop up windows shown below will be appeared >>

Click on “Configure Windows Firewall” present under “Customize This Server” section >>

a new pop up window will appear >>

here click on “Advanced Settings” >>

a new pop up window for FireWall management will appear >>

Scroll to middle and locate “File and Printer Sharing(Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)” >>

right click on “File and Printer Sharing(Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)” and selct “Enable Rule”.

Thats its

Now you should be able to ping your server remotely.