Enable ICMP (Ping) with the Server 2008 Firewall

File this under "things I always forget how to do, and then find on my own site when I search for it".

If you want to ping your Server 2008 machine and receive a response, open a command prompt or Run dialog and use the following commands:

Allow incoming ICMPv4 echo requests

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request" protocol=icmpv4:8,any dir=in action=allow

Allow all incoming ICMPv4 requests

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="All ICMP V4" protocol=icmpv4:any,any dir=in action=allow

Old Deprecated Syntax

netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8

This will allow your server to reply to ICMP requests.

To disable this and block ICMP requests, run:

netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disable

Updated 5/27/2011: Changed to use newer netsh advfirewall firewall instead of deprecated netsh firewall.

Tags: Firewall, Server 2008, Tips, Windows

Posted on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 1:28 pm | Filed under Technology
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3 Responses to “Enable ICMP (Ping) with the Server 2008 Firewall”

r4i software Says:
November 24th, 2009 at 5:07 am
One of the major pains of managing such a GUI-stripped installation is the configuration of the any Windows settings, mostly because we, Windows-based and Windows-accustomed administrators, have very little in common with non-GUI-based operating systems.
Thank You Says:
June 4th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Kicks total ass! Thank you!
Surender Says:
January 27th, 2011 at 2:40 am
Thanks for ur Answer.

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