Ars Technica

Can only ping server by ip address (not by hostname)..

I'm trying to figure out why I can't ping several machines by name. The nameservers in the following example, are running Windows 2008 R2. The nfs servers are running Ubuntu Karmic. NFS1 and NFS2 are ...
Ars Technica

Ping IP yes; Ping name no - Pls help

My daughters wireless XP Pro laptop unable to ping host names but can ping IP addresses. Using D-link router/wireless. Round and round with D-link people, they claim its a windows problem, TCP/IP or ...
Bleeping Computer

Best Windows 10 commands to diagnose your Internet connection

Ping The ping command allows you to check if you can connect to a hostname or an IP address and provide a basic measurement of the latency or lag between your connection and the remote device. To use ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Find a Remote IP Address

Computers that connect to a TCP/IP network such as the Internet are assigned an IP address, a label consisting of 32-bits and represented in dotted-decimal notation, such as 192.168.0.1. PCs also have ...