re: XP tracert & pathping return IP address but not computer name
Thursday, June 5, 2003 at 3:23 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gavriano
(131 messages posted)
well, i read it!!
fraid i cant help you though.
its possible that xp just doesnt support that function in its default settings.
On Thursday, June 5, 2003 at 1:04 pm, jr wrote:
>I've come across a problem with tracert and pathping on our xp pro - service pack
>1 - workstations. These systems were previously running Win98, and were recently
>fully re-installed with their hard drives reformatted.
>
>When I tracert or pathping from these XP workstations to the IP addresses of the
>other workstations (both Win98 and XP Pro) on our LAN, the reply displays the destination
>computer's IP address, but not its computer name.
>
>When I tracert or pathping our servers (netware6 & Win2000), they *do* return their
>computer name along with their IP address. Only the other workstations fail to display
>the computer name with the IP address.
>
>If I tracert or pathping my own system's IP, or the IP address of any Internet website,
>it *does* return the node name.
>
>Our Win98 workstations have never had this problem. They return the computer name
>and IP address normally.
>
>A co-worker copied the tracert.exe and pathping.exe files from a Win2000 computer
>to an XP workstation (renaming the files to tracert2000.exe and pathping2000.exe,
>to prevent them being automatically restored to the XP versions by the OS), and
when
>those are run from the XP systems, we get back replies with the computer names and
>IP addresses.
>
>I've verified our HOSTS file exists and looks correct. Really, since it works with
>the Win2000 versions of the .exe files, I can't imagine there's anything wrong with
>our LAN or server setup.
>
>I spent quite a long time searching Microsoft's support sites, and general searches
>of the web for any other reports of this issue, with no luck.
>
>Has anyone heard of a known bug in the XP Pro install disk versions of the tracert.ex
>and pathping.exe files, or of a bug with these files resulting from the online Windows
>Update for XP service pack 1?
>
>Sorry for the long post. Thanks for your time.
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