OK so if I ping the localhost on a W2K8 box by hostname it defaults to the IPv6 address of ::1 even if IPv6 is disabled. So this will return ::1
c:>ping MYSERVER Reply from ::1: time=4ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms If I comment out the IPv6 address in the HOSTS file it will return an IPv4 address if I ping localhost, but not if I PING the NetBIOS name. Does anyone know of some documentation that talks about this? I'd like it to respond with an IPv4 address for everything. Thanks, Chris ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
