I got onto this server that, when I did a ping to another server, would only return an IPv6 address. I mean, I had the server name, but to do what I needed, I just needed the IPv4 address, and not the IPv6 address. Since I didn't know what to make of it, I needed to find a way to get it to respond with the IPv4 address.
So, here is what I did. I added the "-4" option behind my ping statement. See below. The name of the server I want to ping is "jcupdate". If you look at the top, you will see where the IPv6 response came. Then I ran the "ping jcupdate -4" to get what I was looking for.
This is the retired Shane Killen personal blog, an IT technical blog about configs and topics related to the Network and Security Engineer working with Cisco, Brocade, Check Point, and Palo Alto and Sonicwall. I hope this blog serves you well. -- May The Lord bless you and keep you. May He shine His face upon you, and bring you peace.
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Now that's cool...learn something new everyday!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was a first for me.
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