Article ID: 244739
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q244739
SYMPTOMS
You cannot use the command-line Ping tool to ping a host whose name begins with a hyphen.
CAUSE
The Ping tool uses hyphens to flag command-line parameters that follow the ping command.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
For example, assume a working host name such as "--z--z.microsoft.com". You cannot ping this valid host name with the following command:
ping --z--z.microsoft.com
The Ping tool cannot differentiate between a command-line flag and a computer name that begins with a hyphen.
Keywords: kbprb KB244739
