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IP to Hostname

uch · 2011-08-15 15:52:31

Does anybody know of a way I can get the Hostname Remotely of a PC by using the IP Address? Need to track down a couple of machines in work

15-08-2011 04:52PM

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uch

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Does anybody know of a way I can get the Hostname Remotely of a PC by using the IP Address? Need to track down a couple of machines in work

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#2 15-08-2011 05:15PM

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go to command prompt and enter
nbtstat -a 192.168.1.2

obviousily replacing the above ipaddress with the ip u want to check
this will return the pc name

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#3 16-08-2011 12:22PM

uch

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Jaysus did'nt realise it was that simple, thanks a million

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