[Shorewall-newbies] cant seem to ping after shorewall stops

[Suresh]

Hey guys,
I have been tryin out shorewall. I was able to ssh into n ping from my 
windows machine to my Linux Box till i installed shorewall. Now even if i 
stop shorewall, I cant seem to ping or ssh into the Linux box. The Linux 
box is on the network and can ping the windows box though.Lemme know if 
yall have any ideas..
Thanks in advance..
bye.