Cannot ping EC2 instance. Inbound rules set

I've read several threads but can not find a solution to following problem:

I have just set up a new instance of an EC2 server running Windows Server 20xx.

I have set up an inbound rule for this instance via the EC2 web interface as follows:

However, I cannot ping the Instance.

Instance sits at ec2-xx-xxx-xxx-x.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com

Here is the output of ping (from ping.eu/ping):

packets transmitted     9
received    0
packet loss     100 %
time    8187 ms

Server is up and running according to AWS

ChrisC

Posted 2018-03-09T12:26:25.433

Reputation: 111

but is your OS set to respond to ICMP? By default, I believe it does not. – Garr Godfrey – 2018-03-09T15:12:05.380

Answers

The software firewall is still running by default on AWS Windows instances.

To enable ping in the OS,

run "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security"
Find the "File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)" Rule with Remote Address "Any"
Enable it.

Garr Godfrey

Posted 2018-03-09T12:26:25.433

Reputation: 394

Good point. Solved my issue. – Stryker – 2018-10-15T17:47:09.173

This is becuase PING is disabled by default. We have to enable it. See below post for more infor. https://www.screwlinux.com/2019/09/why-i-cant-ping-to-my-aws-ec2-instances.html

user1017463

Posted 2018-03-09T12:26:25.433

Reputation: 11