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I've installed windows server 2008 as a VM for the developers here to work on. Installed SQL Server 2008 as well as IIS7.

I am not quite sure why, I can remote into that machine using the name I gave to it (winserverdev) but the guys that are supposed to use the bloody thing can't.

One very interesting thing is that I can connect but I can't ping... not the name nor the IP address.

Is there anything that I should be looking in order to make it work?

Any ideas are welcome. Thanks heaps in advance, I really appreciate it.

Dave M
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Fred Kaiser
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Chances are that you have the firewall on and are probably blocking ICMP. ICMP echo requests (pings) are not a prerequisite for connectivity. Since that is taken care of - on to your main issue.

As for why you can connect and they can not - we need more info. I'm assuming you are all on the same internal network and there is nothing different about your connection than theirs. Are the other users' accounts added to the Remote Desktop allow list?

MDMarra
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What operating systems are the other users using. If it's Vista or Windows 7 then it could have something to do with Network Discovery, it could be turned off on their machines. I would also check Network Discovery on the server. Also have a look at "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security". I normally turn the Domain Firewall off (depends on the situation).

Are their any shares on the server? Can they see them?

Check rpc connectivity with RPC ping tool: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831051

Hope that helps.

lysdexic
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I think you should try to work in other direction try to ping from VM machine to your IP and to your team mates who cant connect.

Check if the network for VM machine is setup to be bridged or NAT or otherway?

Tom
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