Pinging oy with 32 bytes of data” (PC’s built-in speaker beep once)

By | August 19, 2011

Problem

U:\>ping 10.0.0.1

Pinging oy with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 10.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=66ms TTL=46
Reply from 10.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=66ms TTL=46
Reply from 10.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=66ms TTL=46
Reply from 10.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=66ms TTL=46

Ping statistics for 10.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 66ms, Maximum = 66ms, Average = 66ms

U:\>ping 10.0.0.1

Pinging oy with 32 bytes of data:

(## The “oy” is kind a weird since the “y” has a double dot above it.##)

Reason

This problem occurs when winsock is corrupt. This can happen when you remove buggy Anti Virus or Firewall software. It can also happen if you have a virus on your PC.

Solution

Execute the following command:

netsh winsock reset

Then restart your computer.