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Name: Ed
Date: May 8, 2002 at 12:14:31 Pacific
Comment:

Hi,

What is the command to get computer name from IP address.
I tried tracert command, but it just gave me tracing route.

Thanks in advance



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Response Number 1
Name: fairbanksf
Date: May 8, 2002 at 14:41:32 Pacific
Reply:

You can either try

NSLOOKUP or

PING -A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

NSLOOKUP uses DNS and PING will try WINS and DNS


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Response Number 2
Name: fritz
Date: May 8, 2002 at 15:09:38 Pacific
Reply:

From your command prompt type ipconfig/all should give you what you need.


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Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer
Date: May 9, 2002 at 04:10:06 Pacific
Reply:

NSLookup will work to obtain the name of the machine.

Ping won't do anything but ping it, and ipconfig /all will show the current machine's IP information. :)


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Response Number 4
Name: Ed
Date: May 9, 2002 at 05:05:25 Pacific
Reply:

Hi,

I tried ipconfig/all and the IP address.
I got an Error: Unrecognized command line for that address what is the syntax?

Thanks in advance


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Response Number 5
Name: Jennifer
Date: May 10, 2002 at 08:32:34 Pacific
Reply:

Read my post. :)

Ipconfig will show the CURRENT machine's IP information. NOT another machine's info.


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Response Number 6
Name: Norm
Date: May 19, 2002 at 21:44:56 Pacific
Reply:

Try NBTSTAT /? at the command line. You will see a command for placing the IP address which will give you the computer name and also domain information etc....
Use IPCONFIG to get your IP address.....


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Response Number 7
Name: g
Date: June 12, 2002 at 13:33:44 Pacific
Reply:

try ipconfig SPACE /all


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Response Number 8
Name: wang
Date: June 13, 2002 at 09:57:58 Pacific
Reply:

If you want to get the name/address of other computer/web site, use the following command:
Start>>>Run>>>command>>>
ping -a xxx.xx.xx.xx (ip address)


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