VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\tmp> ping ::1 Pinging ::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 VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\tmp> test.pl Created a socket of type IO::Socket::IP VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\tmp> ver Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\tmp> perl -v This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 3 (v5.12.3) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread Copyright 1987-2010, Larry Wall