When this issue occurs, a Windows client machine will be unable to establish any network connections (including ping) to a particular destination IP address. Flushing the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache may temporarily resolve this problem.You may flush the ARP cache by running the following command:
netsh interface ip delete arpcaheYou may be observe a "
General failure" reply from ICMP (ping) to the destination server.
Example:
Pinging name.server.com [X.X.X.X] with XX bytes of data:
General failure.
General failure.
General failure.
General failure.