Hi all, Whenever i try to ping myself by my computer name(i.e. fahad) or localhost it doesn't seem to resolve my computer name and gives a wierd result. I am trying to run Java application server on my comp but it doesn't start because of this problem. See below. Please help, how can i resolve this problem. Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\>ping fahad Pinging fahad.stu.nus.edu.sg [::1] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Ping statistics for ::1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms C:\>ping localhost Pinging fahad.stu.nus.edu.sg [::1] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Ping statistics for ::1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms C:\>ping 127.0.0.1 Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms C:\>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : fahad Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : stu.nus.edu.sg Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : stu.nus.edu.sg nus.edu.sg nus.edu.sg edu.sg Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 LAN 3B Mini PCI Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-5C-AD-9E Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 15: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : nus.edu.sg Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-08-0D-45-77-0D Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.210.56 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.210.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 137.132.155.236 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 137.132.0.254 137.132.0.252 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 137.132.4.5 Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 137.132.4.25 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:02:28 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:02:28 AM Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%4 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled C:\>