Hi:
I do know the IP from one machine in a LAN, but I don't
know how to get the machine name from my own pc (part of
the LAN). We are running Win2K and we don't have access to
the DNS server, running from a third party company,
providing DNS for our network.
We use DHCP.
The DHCP server is provided by this third party company
that we do not have access. Whithout calling the guys at
this company, how do I get to know the name of the machine
if I have the IP?

Cheers,

Fab

nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
where "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" is an IP address.

go here http://www.radmin.com/download/
and download the free "advanced IP scanner", works for me to do
exactly what you want, shows the names and ip addresses of the
internal computers

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 02:15:03 -0700, "(E-Mail Removed)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi:
>I do know the IP from one machine in a LAN, but I don't
>know how to get the machine name from my own pc (part of
>the LAN). We are running Win2K and we don't have access to
>the DNS server, running from a third party company,
>providing DNS for our network.
>We use DHCP.
>The DHCP server is provided by this third party company
>that we do not have access. Whithout calling the guys at
>this company, how do I get to know the name of the machine
>if I have the IP?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Fab

Hi Igor:

Thanks for the answer. I've already tried that one before,
the matter of the fact is that we don't have a domain. We
can contact the DNS server, but because there isn't a
domain we don't get a positive answer from the DNS Server.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Fab
>-----Original Message-----
>nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>where "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" is an IP address.
>.
>

Hi,
you can use ping command to get computer name.
ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
-a switch is used to get computer name.


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"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:0d8101c425ee$cc7880b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi:
> I do know the IP from one machine in a LAN, but I don't
> know how to get the machine name from my own pc (part of
> the LAN). We are running Win2K and we don't have access to
> the DNS server, running from a third party company,
> providing DNS for our network.
> We use DHCP.
> The DHCP server is provided by this third party company
> that we do not have access. Whithout calling the guys at
> this company, how do I get to know the name of the machine
> if I have the IP?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Fab

Yes!

That answer my request 100 %.

Thanks a lot!

Rgs,

Fab
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>you can use ping command to get computer name.
>ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>-a switch is used to get computer name.
>
>
>--
>Shah
>Lets help others to make better community
>-------------------------------------
>"(E-Mail Removed)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>message news:0d8101c425ee$cc7880b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi:
>> I do know the IP from one machine in a LAN, but I don't
>> know how to get the machine name from my own pc (part of
>> the LAN). We are running Win2K and we don't have access
to
>> the DNS server, running from a third party company,
>> providing DNS for our network.
>> We use DHCP.
>> The DHCP server is provided by this third party company
>> that we do not have access. Whithout calling the guys at
>> this company, how do I get to know the name of the
machine
>> if I have the IP?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Fab
>
>.
>

"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<0d8101c425ee$cc7880b0$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Hi:
> I do know the IP from one machine in a LAN, but I don't
> know how to get the machine name from my own pc (part of
> the LAN).


Type the command "hostname" at the command prompt.

> The DHCP server is provided by this third party company
> that we do not have access. Whithout calling the guys at
> this company, how do I get to know the name of the machine
> if I have the IP?

If there is a DNS server, you do have access to it.

type the command "nslookup <ipaddress>" at the command prompt.

These two names may not be the same. One is the computername,
which is used as the Netbios name, the other is a FQDN cofigured
in DNS.

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