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  • Windows Support: Finding Hostname from an IP Address


    Have you ever needed to know the host name of a computer when you only had the IP address?

    If so, you may have assumed that the "ping" command would give you this information. However, it does not. Instead, you will have to use the Windows "nbtstat" command. Here is an example of this command in action:

     C:\>nbtstat -a IP_ADDRESS
     
     Local Area Connection:
     Node IpAddress: [IP_ADDRESS] Scope Id: []
     
                NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
     
            Name               Type         Status
         ---------------------------------------------
         HOST_NAME      <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
         DS             <00>  GROUP       Registered
         HOST_NAME      <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
     
         MAC Address = ##-##-##-##-##-##
     
     
     \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{E6D814F0-19D5-4848-8BB3-703AD28EDC49}:
     Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []
     

    by Phil B.

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