In the cmd command line by pinging a host name, domain name or IP address can get to the machine's IP, operating system and so on a lot of information, in security considerations, many times do not want the server to be ping, in Windows Server R2 can do this:
In Administrative Tools, open " Windows Firewall with Advanced Security ", click "Inbound Rules", find " File and Printer Sharing (Echo request-icmp v4-in)" (currently used IP V4 network, so select this, The following is an IP V6 network), using the enable Rule in the right "action"
Then double-click the open Settings, click " Block Connection " (if "Allow connection" is allow ping)
You also need to check the scope of your current network in " advanced ", such as the current network is "public" must be "public" tick, or not be used for the current network.
Original: https://www.cnblogs.com/haocool/p/3525759.html
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