28 Nov 09 How to select which IP version to ping
If you’re trying to ping something by hostname but only want to ping the IPv4 IP address, you’ll sometimes need to specify this when executing the PING command. Example on Win2008 & Vista (pinging the IP server.domain.com)
To ping and IPv4 IP:
ping server.domain.com -4
To ping an IPv6 IP:
ping server.domain.com -6
