ping -a doesn't work

[Guest]

ping -a does not give me the name of some of my clients machines and also net
send is not working from my laptop even i have enabled it from services.

Thankx!

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

1. Ping -a is for resolving addresses to hostname. If you don't have internal DNS or WINS, that may not work. For example, in a small network or home network, using ping -a may not give the host name. If you have a domain network with internal DNS, you can't use ping -a, it is possible the DNS doesn't have the A record for the computer.

2. In XP sp2, messenger service is disabled by default. this link may help,

http://www.chicagotech.net/winissues/netsend1.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
ping -a does not give me the name of some of my clients machines and also net
send is not working from my laptop even i have enabled it from services.

Thankx!

 

[Joe Crown]

The messenger service needs to be running on both computers. You need
it to send & to receive messages. So if the other computer doesn't have
it running that might be the problem. The only other thing I can think
of that would cause this problem is a firewall.

ping -a does not give me the name of some of my clients machines and also net
send is not working from my laptop even i have enabled it from services.

Thankx!

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