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12 February 2010, 02:51 PM

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IP Address names

If I have an IP address of a machine how can I determine say a machine name from the IP adddress?

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12 February 2010, 03:09 PM

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If you're in a corporate enviroment then use NSLOOKUP which will perform a reverse lookup in DNS

or try nbtstat -a * IP ADDRESS *

edit: This only works on your network though!!

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12 February 2010, 03:11 PM

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Doesn't matter - just found the answer (nslookup or ping -a)

But thanks anyway Hanley

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12 February 2010, 08:33 PM

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this will only work if reverse DNS is configured for the Zone in question

(which by default it isn't)

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12 February 2010, 08:48 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hodgy0_2

this will only work if reverse DNS is configured for the Zone in question

(which by default it isn't)

That is true

I didn't want to start going through the ins and outs of DNS with him.

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15 February 2010, 12:26 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanley

If you're in a corporate enviroment then use NSLOOKUP which will perform a reverse lookup in DNS

or try nbtstat -a * IP ADDRESS *

edit: This only works on your network though!!

the nbtstat also works too by the way

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