Re: is "ping -a" gone in XP sp2 ?

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Works fine (WinXP Pro w/SP-2). Do you see the -a command when you enter
..... ping/? ... to see the options ?

Bob S.



"Brad Camp" <Brad Camp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have found that the "ping -a" command is a good way of immediately
> resolving an IP address to a host name. To my surprise I have not been
> able
> to get "ping -a" to work on XP sp2. This command works flawlessly on any
> of
> my windows 2000 workstations.
>
> My environment is W2k native mode AD.
>
> The DNS, WINS, Subnetmask, and Gateway settings on both machines in
> question
> are exactly the same.
>
> ------The following info is from a 2000 pro workstation---------
>
> Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
> (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.
>
> C:\>ping -a 10.1.0.59
>
> Pinging DSERVER [10.1.0.59] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 10.1.0.59: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
> Reply from 10.1.0.59: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
> Reply from 10.1.0.59: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
> Reply from 10.1.0.59: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
>
> Ping statistics for 10.1.0.59:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As you can see the host name "DSERVER' is resolved to the IP address.
>
>
> --------This config is from an XP pro sp2 workstation--------
>
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
> C:\>ping -a 10.1.0.59
>
> Pinging 10.1.0.59 with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 10.1.0.59: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
> Reply from 10.1.0.59: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
> Reply from 10.1.0.59: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
> Reply from 10.1.0.59: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
>
> Ping statistics for 10.1.0.59:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As you can see the XP workstation can not resolve the host name with a
> "ping
> -a", as I mentioned before both machines have the exact same DNS and WINS
> setting, gateway, and subnet mask. One other item that I thought to check
> was the DNS suffix for each machine; this setting is the same on both.
>
> I have not had the chance to attempt this on a XP box that does not have
> sp2
> installed but as soon as I find one I plan on giving that a try.
>
>


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