Les,
Ping -a does not necessarily use dns to resolve a host name. It apparently uses whatever methods are defined in the stack, the order determined by the node type. But nbtstat may get the hostname faster than relying on WINS, and it looks shorter too.
I had to actually work at work today, so have not had much chance to look at everything else posted in this topic yet. Maybe I will over the weekend.
Jim
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Jim
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