You administer Windows 8.1 client computers in your company network. The computers belong to an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain and have Windows Firewall enabled. All of the computers are connected to the Internet.
You ping one of the desktops, which has an IP Address of 10.4.4.4, but you receive the message "Request timed out."
You need to configure the desktop to reply on ping requests.
From the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window, which inbound rule should you modify? (To answer, select the appropriate inbound rule in the answer area.)
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http://www.howtogeek.com/77132/how-to-enable-ping-echo-replies-in-windows-8/
How to Enable Ping Echo Replies in Windows 8
When you ping a PC running Windows 8, by default it doesn’t reply to the echo request. This is caused by a firewall rule that blocks all incoming ICMP packets, but this can be changed quickly in the Advanced Firewall Settings instead of disabling the entire firewall.
When the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security snap-in opens, click on inbound rules.
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Now scroll through the list of inbound rules until you find a rule called File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In). Right click on the rule and select Enable rule.
Note: There is a different rule depending on your network location, there is a one rule that covers Public and Private network locations and a separate rule for the Domain network location. Also this will only allow ICMPv4 packets, if you want be to hear IPv6 echo requests there are two rules below the ICMPv4 rules to enable this functionality.
Once enabled the rule will turn green.
Now your PC will be able to answer the echo requests.
