Cannot Ping New Windows Server 2003 Machine from XP Client

I have just set up a server (obviously incorrectly) with Windows Server 2003
R2, but cannot map to any of the drives that I have shared.

I have fixed the IP address as 192.168.0.24 and my client PC (running XP Pro
SP2) is 192.168.0.1 (it has ICS enabled).

From my server, I can ping the client PC by name and address, but the client
cannot ping the server by name or address.

Is there anything obvious that I should be looking for here? The server can
happily get out to the internet via my client PC gateway, so there is
clearly some communication going on.

TIA

Charles

I would check the firewall first.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Charles Law" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I have just set up a server (obviously incorrectly) with Windows Server 2003
R2, but cannot map to any of the drives that I have shared.

I have fixed the IP address as 192.168.0.24 and my client PC (running XP Pro
SP2) is 192.168.0.1 (it has ICS enabled).

From my server, I can ping the client PC by name and address, but the client
cannot ping the server by name or address.

Is there anything obvious that I should be looking for here? The server can
happily get out to the internet via my client PC gateway, so there is
clearly some communication going on.

TIA

Charles

Hi Robert

Thanks for the quick reply. I had Windows Firewall enabled on the server, so
I disabled it and I can now ping the server and map shared drives. Does this
mean that I can't enable Windows Firewall on the server, or do I have to do
it in a particular way?

One other thing, the server cannot "see" shared drives on my client PC
because of the messages

"The trust relationship failed"

and when I retry

"There are currently no logon servers to service the logon request"

Any idea why this should be? It's not the end of the world, as I don't
really intend to have the server map drives on my client PC, but I just
wonder why I get this error.

Thanks again.

Charles

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"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I would check the firewall first.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Charles Law" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I have just set up a server (obviously incorrectly) with Windows Server 2003
R2, but cannot map to any of the drives that I have shared.

I have fixed the IP address as 192.168.0.24 and my client PC (running XP Pro
SP2) is 192.168.0.1 (it has ICS enabled).

From my server, I can ping the client PC by name and address, but the client
cannot ping the server by name or address.

Is there anything obvious that I should be looking for here? The server can
happily get out to the internet via my client PC gateway, so there is
clearly some communication going on.

TIA

Charles

These links may help,

How to enable ping in Windows Firewall
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/xpicf5.htm

How to Enable File and Printer Sharing in Windows Firewall
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/xpicf1.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Charles Law" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Hi Robert

Thanks for the quick reply. I had Windows Firewall enabled on the server, so
I disabled it and I can now ping the server and map shared drives. Does this
mean that I can't enable Windows Firewall on the server, or do I have to do
it in a particular way?

One other thing, the server cannot "see" shared drives on my client PC
because of the messages

"The trust relationship failed"

and when I retry

"There are currently no logon servers to service the logon request"

Any idea why this should be? It's not the end of the world, as I don't
really intend to have the server map drives on my client PC, but I just
wonder why I get this error.

Thanks again.

Charles

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"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I would check the firewall first.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Charles Law" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I have just set up a server (obviously incorrectly) with Windows Server 2003
R2, but cannot map to any of the drives that I have shared.

I have fixed the IP address as 192.168.0.24 and my client PC (running XP Pro
SP2) is 192.168.0.1 (it has ICS enabled).

From my server, I can ping the client PC by name and address, but the client
cannot ping the server by name or address.

Is there anything obvious that I should be looking for here? The server can
happily get out to the internet via my client PC gateway, so there is
clearly some communication going on.

TIA

Charles

Hi Robert

I have tried those links but everything after xpicf1.htm (i.e. xpicf2.htm etc.) comes up blank. Anyway, I have found it from Google's cache.

Thanks again.

Charles

"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
These links may help,

How to enable ping in Windows Firewall
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/xpicf5.htm

How to Enable File and Printer Sharing in Windows Firewall
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/xpicf1.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Charles Law" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Hi Robert

Thanks for the quick reply. I had Windows Firewall enabled on the server, so
I disabled it and I can now ping the server and map shared drives. Does this
mean that I can't enable Windows Firewall on the server, or do I have to do
it in a particular way?

One other thing, the server cannot "see" shared drives on my client PC
because of the messages

"The trust relationship failed"

and when I retry

"There are currently no logon servers to service the logon request"

Any idea why this should be? It's not the end of the world, as I don't
really intend to have the server map drives on my client PC, but I just
wonder why I get this error.

Thanks again.

Charles

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"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I would check the firewall first.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Charles Law" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I have just set up a server (obviously incorrectly) with Windows Server 2003
R2, but cannot map to any of the drives that I have shared.

I have fixed the IP address as 192.168.0.24 and my client PC (running XP Pro
SP2) is 192.168.0.1 (it has ICS enabled).

From my server, I can ping the client PC by name and address, but the client
cannot ping the server by name or address.

Is there anything obvious that I should be looking for here? The server can
happily get out to the internet via my client PC gateway, so there is
clearly some communication going on.

TIA

Charles