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What does "General failure" mean when pinging (in this case, the router)? I am connected via ethernet and have tried different wires, no change. The router seems to act fine with everyone else. The error is random and happens about every other ping.

This is on a Win7 PC and I did try disabling IPv6 but that didn't help. Tried turning my firewall off as well, still no change.

Yes, pinging 127.0.0.1 also gives the error. The problem started when my ISP gave me a new router, but it didn't work so I went back to my old router.

Pinging ::1 does not seem to give the error.

Zeno
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General Failure implies a problem relating to your network card. The problem is either that your network card is failing, or, more likely, the TCP stack associated with your network card is corrupt or configured incorrectly. (It means the problem is NOT a routing problem, rather a problem getting the packets out your card).

davidgo
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For me it was about VPN being on. When I remembered that and turned it off, the errors were gone.

Though for me, every ping resulted in general failure, not just some of them.

eis
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I had this ping General Failure error. Some sites worked fine but VPN sites did not. I had a manual value in a metric field but using an automatic instantly fixed tracert and ping problems.

Network Sharing Center / Change Adapter Settings / Ethernet interface / IP4 / Properties, Advanced setting / [x]Automatic metric

Whome
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