Ping Returns IPv6 Instead of IPv4 in Windows 11 – How to Fix

Nighttime home office workstation with a command prompt on screen and a small router visible behind the monitor under warm desk lamp lighting.

What Does It Mean When Ping Returns IPv6 Instead of IPv4? When you open Command Prompt in Windows 11 and ping a hostname — say, ping google.com — you might expect to see a familiar dotted-decimal IPv4 address like 142.250.190.46. Instead, the response comes back with a long alphanumeric string such as 2607:f8b0:4004:800::200e. That is … Read more

Ping Transmit Failed – General Failure in Windows 11/10: Causes & 9 Working Fixes (2026)

A dimly lit home office desk showing a Windows 11 laptop with a disconnected Ethernet cable and a consumer router with amber LED indicators, illustrating a ping transmit failed general failure scenario

You open Command Prompt, type ping 8.8.8.8, and instead of the expected reply, Windows throws back a frustrating response: “Ping: transmit failed. General failure.” No packet loss stats, no timeout — just a dead end. This error is one of the most misleading network issues on Windows 11 and Windows 10 because your internet browser … Read more