Recent content by RobIncMBAperma

Yes, it seems no matter what I change about the TCP/IP connection properties (in response to the post above, again I point out there is no single character entry in my HOSTS and since then I have found that PING * produces the same result; why it is choosing that specific domain is what I am now...

Sorry, perhaps I emphasized the wrong point. It's not whether the IP is "known" that puzzles me; it's 1. how passing "?" as an argument to PING somehow translated into my entire host.domain; and 2. how whether it was wildcarded or not (e.g. passing a "*") it happened to choose my external...

By the way, I think it's clear upon re-reading what I wrote that what I was *trying* to do was get the syntax for PING, which I would have gotten by "C:\> PING" by itself, "C:\> PING /?" or even "C:\> PING -?" ... What I ended up doing was "C:\> PING ?" which gave me the IP that XP should...

Thanks for taking the time to try it :) 1. No, I do not have a host called "?" 2. Will WinXP even survive someone trying to define a host called "?" ?

I have a question pertaining to WinXP's implementation of PING--and probably other MS flavours as well. I, as I'm sure many other home users do, have a system that hides behind a (insert brand name) consumer home router/firewall. WinXP is set up, again, as I'm sure many other cable modem users...