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IP address to name

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Name: J-P
Date: April 4, 2002 at 13:24:28 Pacific
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Really simple question!

How can I ping a IP on my network to get the name of the machine ? in Linux with windows machine ?

something like 194.168.0.1 is "Server_Pdc"
Thanks



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Name: danny
Date: April 4, 2002 at 13:50:41 Pacific
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Your question look strange!! Ping has nothing to do with dns.

To know computer's name that belong to an IP address, use your dns resolver.

nslookup -type=ptr 194.168.0.1

Ping is a diagnostic tool used to test if a certain IP will respond. It does not provide host information.


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Name: J-P
Date: April 5, 2002 at 05:39:10 Pacific
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If you take windows machine you can do

ping -a address

-a resolve address to hostname

I would like to do the same thing in linux ???


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Response Number 3
Name: Danny Larouche
Date: April 5, 2002 at 08:00:39 Pacific
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In Unix/Linux ping will do that by default if your server is correctly installed.

will received answer like:
64 bytes from pc1.domain.com (194.168.0.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=589.5 ms


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Response Number 4
Name: Kenan Bektas
Date: April 6, 2002 at 20:18:37 Pacific
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Or, use linux command "host"

host IP_number


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