command for a computer name

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Is there a command I can type that will return a computer name for an ip
address that I give it? I was thinking that tracert {ip address} would do it
but it doesn't.

If not, any apps to do this for me on a network?

Thanks!
 
Numb Nuts said:
Is there a command I can type that will return a computer name for an ip
address that I give it? I was thinking that tracert {ip address} would do it
but it doesn't.

If not, any apps to do this for me on a network?

Thanks!
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ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

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Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike
 
I can't make this work. My results appear the same as if I don't use the -a.
Any ideas?

Thanks!
 
Numb said:
I can't make this work. My results appear the same as if I don't use the -a.
Any ideas?

Thanks!
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try again, and make sure the -a is before the ip address.

if still not working, maybe someone on your firewall disabled something.
 
If no name appears in the first line, then more than likely there is no DNS
information about the IP address that you are pinging.

Do you get a reply from the ping?

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike
 
Perhaps your ISP filters?

I did a:
ping -a www.yahoo.com
and it retuern 216.109.125.75
then from that did a ping on the IP addresses it returned specifically
w2.www.dcn.yahoo.com

you're not seeing same? If not, the something on your ISP. That's all I
can think of. Or your own firewall is inadvertently stopping the pings.
 
Ok, you just lost me. Watcha talkin about?

Rob Schneider said:
Perhaps your ISP filters?

I did a:
ping -a www.yahoo.com
and it retuern 216.109.125.75
then from that did a ping on the IP addresses it returned specifically
w2.www.dcn.yahoo.com

you're not seeing same? If not, the something on your ISP. That's all I
can think of. Or your own firewall is inadvertently stopping the pings.
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I'm saying that I can ping yahoo, right now, and it works. I get a
response. In that response it gives me a real IP address. I ping the
IP address and I get back a name. It works. Now. I'm suggesting you do
the same, now, and see if you get the same result. This way we are
pining exactly the same address (although the of the ping back might be
different because we are in different georgraphic positions on the
globe). If it works, it proves pings works. If it doensn't work, it
demonstrates a difference. The difference could be:

1. your ISP network doesn't forward the ping "packets" (they are called
ICMP packets)
2. even though you think it off, your actually have your XP firewall
running and it filters out the ICMP packets.
3. ... beyond these two ideas, i don't know.

I just though it would be good to establish a benchmark against a
specific IP address that I know works (www.yahoo.com).

make sense?
 
And I say again... the IP address that you are pinging may not have an
entry in a DNS server anywhere. If it doesn't, you won't see a name for it.

What's the IP address. Instead of us beating around the bush, just give us
the IP and we can see if we get a name for it.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike
 
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