Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have a static IP assigned to my
laptop.  However when I ping the static IP from outside any
machine the static IP is not pinging. I am using Windows Vista.
Are there any settings on Vista for pinging static IPs from
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more information. How your network setup looks like? How is your
laptop connected to Internet? Do you have firewall/gateway? – 
Khaled Jan 25 '11 at 6:04 Also have you got just static or
public ip? –  Ency Jan 25 '11 at 6:57 Is that static IP your
local or internet IP? We need more details, perhaps examples...
–  Tom Wijsman Jan 25 '11 at 9:50  4 Answers 4  If you are
trying to ping your laptop from within the same network, you
might need to allow ICMP requests (Pings) through your Vista
Firewall first. See this post at thehowtogeek.com for a good
step-by-step guide.  If that doesn't help, d