Is there a free utility to get a remote IP or Hostname if?

[vandy2000]

Is there a free utility to get a remote IP or Hostname if you have one or the other in Active Directory from a XP machine? Thanks in advance.

 

[Verdant]

active directory, on an xp machine?



i think you might be looking for the nslookup command line tool though

 

[Cheetah8799]

um, if you are part of an active directory domain, and know the name of the computer you want the IP for, you could try simply "ping somecompname" in the command prompt. Should tell you the IP of the name if it is out there.

 

[vandy2000]

Let me clear that up. What if you have an IP and want a hostname for that remote machine?

 

[Verdant]

Originally posted by: vandy2000
Let me clear that up. What if you have an IP and want a hostname for that remote machine?

why do i get the distinct feeling no one reads my posts?

go back and read it again..

 

[mobobuff]

1. Open a command prompt
2. Type "ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
3. Press enter

The -a switch will resolve the numeric to a host name.

 

[MiniDoom]

nslookup ipaddress

 

[vandy2000]

Thanks guys!

Both nslookup and ping -a work great.