"ping -a" does not resolve hostnames in XP Pro

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From: G Rakaska (itisme_at_phreaker.net)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 09:14:22 -0500

I searched for this topic in this group and the "general" group. I
found a few articles on this subject, but they had very few responses.
The responses only stated "check your DNS settings" or something
similar.

We just installed several new XP machines on our network (the first XP
systems on our net). We use DHCP to set all related settings, we have
an NT4 domain.

Other O/S (win9x, NT4, w2k) resolve hostnames when executing "ping
-a", but none of the XP machines resolve. The XP machines can ping any
host by name or IP, and can be pingged by name or address.

ipconfig /all reports the same information on all O/S, including XP. I
searched the MS kb for this and found nothing. Hopefully someone here
can help.

Thanks!

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