Find Hostname by having IP-Address

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Is there a way to find out hostnames only by having the IP's of the hosts, while only using Windows' command line (cmd)?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 04 '12 at 16:19

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Two methods:

Ping -a ip address
nslookup ip address (This will only work if you have an rDNS zone setup).

answered Dec 04 '12 at 16:19

joeqwerty

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I'd add a third, `nbtstat -A IpAddress`. When there is no DNS, there might still be NetBIOS. – Mark Dec 04 '12 at 18:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '12 at 16:18

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ping -a performs a reverse lookup in Windows parlance.

(This is not a guaranteed method since it relies on the likelihood of DNS being set up properly which is fairly unlikely. And by 'unlikely' I mean it's not.)

answered Dec 04 '12 at 16:18

Wesley

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Find Hostname by having IP-Address

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