When pinging by hostname, returns weird ipv6? address?

[AndyCan]

When i ping my machines on my network by hostname it gets replies but resolves it to fe80::4b7:3785:3f57:fee2%18 for example rather than 192.168.1.56 address for example. Is it an ipv6 address and whether or not it is how can i fix this to give me the ip. Assume its a DNS issue somewhere along the line...

[Steve21]

I found it happens quite often when ISPs play with their dns servers replacing your own with theirs etc.

If you want to cheat just type "ping hostname -4" and it'll force it to show IPv4 version.

Steve

e.g.

C:\Users\steve>ping steve

Pinging steve [fe80::f8c6:39d:****:****: from fe80::f8c6:39d:****:****: wit
h 32 bytes of data:
Reply from fe80::f8c6:39d:****:****: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::f8c6:39d:****:****: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::f8c6:39d:****:****: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::f8c6:39d:****:****: time<1ms




C:\Users\steve>ping steve -4

Pinging steve [192.168.1.106] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.106: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.106: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.106: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.106: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128

[plexer]

Yes ipv6 not an issue tbh.

Ben

[AndyCan]

ah figured it out, add '-4' after the ping hostname and returns ipv4 addresses. anyway i can get ti to return ipv4 by default without the -4?

[Steve21]

ah figured it out, add '-4' after the ping hostname and returns ipv4 addresses. anyway i can get ti to return ipv4 by default without the -4?

It depends if it's set to default to it by whatever you're using as your default dns etc.

Generally if this is a once off occurance doing an "ipconfig /flushdns" will get rid of any cached address, but if it's defaulting to it it'll just get the same one again next time you look up an address.

Steve