Disable Ping Response in Windows

This updated guide examines Disable Ping Response in Windows and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Although Ping is a very useful tool for network administrators, computer hackers can also use Ping to find victims on the Internet. By pinging a certain IP address and receiving a reply from that IP address, the hacker can find something interesting at the other end. If you can configure your computer to lock the response to this Ping command, your computer's security level will be tightened a little. In this article we will show you how to lock the computer's response when there is a Ping command from somewhere.

Some routers may be configured to not respond to an ICMP Ping (ping to WAN port). Like the Belkin N1 Wireless router I am using, it can be set to not respond to ICMP Ping from the outside. Simply put, just tick the ' Block ICMP Ping ' checkbox, you will turn off the response to the ping command.

If the router does not support Ping lock action, there is nothing to do on your computer because your router now automatically responds to ping requests.

However, if there is a direct connection, there are several ways to lock PING. Third-party firewalls can help you do this.

Another method that can block PING computer name is to use IPSec by creating a policy to instruct the computer to block all certain IP traffic.

Finally, if you want a simple way to lock PING through a click, try the Plax Network Suite toolkit . Plax Network Suite is a collection of easy-to-use network tools, allowing you to control computer activity over the Internet. You can easily enable or disable Windows Firewall, block all Internet traffic, and lock PING with one click.

In addition, the toolkit has a port scanner and provides a visual report of all currently opened TCP / IP and UDP ports, mapping to the application you currently own. These are very useful information in quickly identifying which ports are currently open out of control and which applications are related to them.