To enabled Ping reply from Windows Server 2008, goto Window Firewall with Advance Settings from Administrator Tools menu. Look inside Inbound Rules, scroll down to File and Printer Sharing, right click and enable this rule. ************************************ For Windows Server Core which does not have any UI, you can enable this rule from the command prompt. netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 To disable it type netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disable **********************************************