Error Message: Bad IP Address /?.

 Last reviewed: December 9, 1997
Article ID: Q177737
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you type the "help ping" command at a command prompt, you receive the following error message: 

   This command is not supported by the help utility. Try "ping /?".
When you type the "ping /?" command at a command prompt, you receive the following error message: 

   Bad IP address /?.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue and for additional information about the Packet InterNet Groper (PING) utility included with Windows NT (Ping.exe), click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type "ping" (without quotation marks) in the text box, and then double-click the Ping Utility topic.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Ping is a Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) utility designed to test network connectivity by sending an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to the computer to which you are trying to connect.

For additional information about the Ping utility, type "ping" or "ping - ?" (without quotation marks) at a command prompt.

For information about troubleshooting TCP/IP using the Ping utility, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID : Q156062
   TITLE      : Description of Pingname.bat and Pingnum.bat Files

   ARTICLE-ID : Q102908
   TITLE      : How to Troubleshoot TCP/IP Connectivity with Windows NT

   ARTICLE-ID : Q169790
   TITLE      : How to Troubleshoot Basic TCP/IP Problems in Windows NT
                4.0

Additional query words: tool

Keywords : NTSrv NTWkst kberrmsg
Version : WINNT:4.0
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: December 9, 1997
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