I know the IP, how do I know the name?

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Fabrizio

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
 
Hi,
you can use ping command to get computer name.
ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
-a switch is used to get computer name.
 
[email protected] said:
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).
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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?
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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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