reverse query

[westredd]

Hi,

If I know the ip address of a PC on a AD lan, what command line tool can I use to find out the DNS name?

thanks

West

 

[tfg13]

nslookup.....as long as your DNS is allowing reverse lookups.

 

[westredd]

thanks, i already tried nslookup, but couldnt figure out how to do a reverse query on it, or maybe there wasnt ptr records for it to return it

 

[58sniper]

ping /?

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[FloDiggs]

In nslookup, all you should have to do is type in the IP address and it should return the device's name. You could also use nbtstat -A IP Adress.

eg. nbtstat -A 192.168.1.10.

It should return the Netbios name. That will at least point you in the right direction. Make sure to use a capital "A".

 

[westredd]

thanks guys.

I think that ping -a ipaddress does it as well. cheers

 

[biglebowski]

tracert will return the dns name as well.

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