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
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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: []
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by Phil for Humanity
on 04/29/2009