Enable Ping Replies From Win Server 2008
Windows Firewall in Windows Server 2008 has very tight security. For default, ping to Windows Server 2008 won’t get any response. Here’s the configuration to enable ping replies :
Goto Window Firewall with Advance Settings from Administrator Tools menu.
Look into list in the left and Click Inbound Rules
Right click File and Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In) and choose Enable Rule
Do same thing to Distributed Transaction Coordinator (TCP-In)
Okay, now you can ping your server machine 
Categories: Computer Networking
Server, Windows
still can’t ping the server and server can’t ping other stations or router
Has any one got simple cheap book on configuring 2008