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3.
From the Advanced tab, click Settings. This will launch the Windows Firewall Control
Panel applet.
4.
From the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the ICMP section.
5.
In the ICMP Settings section, place a check mark next to the ICMP packets that you
want to allow:
Allow incoming echo request
Allow incoming timestamp request
Allow incoming mask request
Allow incoming router request
Allow outgoing destination unreachable
Allow outgoing source quench
Allow outgoing parameter problem
Allow outgoing time exceeded
Allow redirect
Allow outgoing packet too big
6.
Click OK when you're finished.
Using a Command-Line Interface
The following command allows all ICMP traffic to pass through the Windows Firewall for the
standard profile:
> netsh firewall set icmpsetting type = ALL mode = ENABLE profile = STANDARD
You can set
mode
to
ENABLE
or
DISABLE
;
profile
to
CURRENT
,
DOMAIN
,
STANDARD
, or
ALL
. For
type
, you can specify one or more of the following:
2
: Allow outbound packet too big
3
: Allow outbound destination unreachable
4
: Allow outbound source quench
5
: Allow redirect
8
: Allow inbound echo request
9
: Allow inbound router request
11
: Allow outbound time exceeded
12
: Allow outbound parameter problem
13
: Allow inbound timestamp request
