Reverse name lookup 2

[DavesTips]

Hopefully a simple question: is there an NT tool for looking up the domain name from an IP address? Hope that this helped!

 

[Jersey]

You could try NSLOOKUP ( IP Address)

 

[DavesTips]

Thanks for the help. I tried this and got the message "cannot find server name for address 127.0.0.1"
It's looking for 127.0.0.1NS according to ZoneAlarm. I guess this is because I have no DNS server in my little network. I know the address CIS (I surf through Compuserve) uses for DNS lookups, can I put this in my TCP/IP settings or would this bring problems addressing machines on my network (I suppose it all goes over Netbios at the moment)? Would that be the solution to the problem? Hope that this helped!

 

[chris13]

another easy way is to do a
ping -a aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
this will show you the name of the ip before the host is pinged.

 

[DavesTips]

Hi chris13,

Thanks, I tried that; it works internally on out network at work, but when I enter it in our firewall it just comes back like ping without the -a option. Here we're connected to a DNS server via our provider. But then I think at home I must be connected to one as well or IE wouldn't be able to resolve addresses. Yeah, I'm not much of a network specialist. What role does the DNS address in the TCP/IP protocol settings actually play? BTW, I want to find out who these guys are who keep trying to contact my machine at home, according to ZoneAlarm...(although they're maybe well hidden, but who knows?) Hope that this helped!

 

[DavesTips]

Thanks chris, it works at home, anyway Hope that this helped!