Hi,
I've tried to ping many different IPs with CMD and every time I get "request timed out", I know ther person is online and yes I can ping myself and other websites like Google i just can't ping other peoples IP's. Any idea why I can't ping other people's IPs?
Thanks
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It's not uncommon to block ICMP which is the protocol ping uses as ping was used in the past (and still now to be fair) to DDOS or DOS connections. As such the ping will always fail. You may be able to try traceroute (treacert IPADDRESS) in CMD instead. This may fail too though but it would let you know where it stops.
(Oct 25, 2019 11:23 AM)ItsGavinM8 Wrote: It's not uncommon to block ICMP which is the protocol ping uses as ping was used in the past (and still now to be fair) to DDOS or DOS connections. As such the ping will always fail. You may be able to try traceroute (treacert IPADDRESS) in CMD instead. This may fail too though but it would let you know where it stops.
tracert is part of ICMP.
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(Oct 25, 2019 11:25 AM)SIM-3749878 Wrote: tracert is part of ICMP.
Ah - thanks for letting me know.
@OP my tracert suggestion won't work if they are indeed blocking ICMP.
Is there another way to ping someone’s IP?
I'm not sure how your setup looks like but maybe this guide can help you out?
https://windowsreport.com/windows-10-una...computers/
(Oct 25, 2019 05:40 PM)Sitrep Wrote: I'm not sure how your setup looks like but maybe this guide can help you out?
No luck with those, I'm almost convinced it is something with my router
(Oct 25, 2019 10:04 PM)Noah Martin Wrote: No luck with those, I'm almost convinced it is something with my router
Yeah, it's possible the firewall is blocking the requests. Let us know if you fixed it and how.
You need to ping their public IP address.
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You can do this is CMD if I'm correct. Very easy
Oct 28, 2019 11:09 PM
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(Oct 26, 2019 10:47 PM)Red Vegas Wrote: You can do this is CMD if I'm correct. Very easy Yes, I'm currently doing this in CMD and this is what I'm having the issues with
(Oct 26, 2019 03:19 PM)Asmedis Wrote: You need to ping their public IP address.
Yeah that's what I'm doing lol
If you ping your friends public IP address where does the packet actually go ?
To your friends wifi box. It’s the only equipment that , in a home network , has a public IP of its own.
Wifi box will not forward random queries to a computer unless A PORT FORWARDING RULE IS APPLIED.
Your friends PC has not port forwarded , so none of your ping is even reaching your friends computer.
It reaches the wifi box and gets dropped.
(Oct 29, 2019 12:44 AM)Asdethprime Wrote: If you ping your friends public IP address where does the packet actually go ?
To your friends wifi box. It’s the only equipment that , in a home network , has a public IP of its own.
Wifi box will not forward random queries to a computer unless A PORT FORWARDING RULE IS APPLIED.
Your friends PC has not port forwarded , so none of your ping is even reaching your friends computer.
It reaches the wifi box and gets dropped.
You've got a very good point, but I've seen other people ping other peoples public IP and their packets seem to go through, I think the problem for me is that those packets don't even exit of my network.
(Oct 29, 2019 12:44 AM)Asdethprime Wrote: If you ping your friends public IP address where does the packet actually go ?
To your friends wifi box. It’s the only equipment that , in a home network , has a public IP of its own.
Wifi box will not forward random queries to a computer unless A PORT FORWARDING RULE IS APPLIED.
Your friends PC has not port forwarded , so none of your ping is even reaching your friends computer.
It reaches the wifi box and gets dropped.
ICMP is usually opened in the router and only for the router though.
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