How getnamebyaddr work?

Hi Experts:

Can anyone tell me how getnamebyaddr work? Does it try to resolve name by
contacting local DNS service first (looking at the local
/Windows/System/drivers/etc/hosts file)? If failed, it will try to contact
remote DNS server?

Thanks in Advance!
Polaris

sorry, I meant "gethostbyaddr"

"Polaris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Experts:
>
> Can anyone tell me how getnamebyaddr work? Does it try to resolve name by
> contacting local DNS service first (looking at the local
> /Windows/System/drivers/etc/hosts file)? If failed, it will try to contact
> remote DNS server?
>
> Thanks in Advance!
> Polaris
>

Correct , the host file at first but dns cache searched too ( you can do the
same with "ipconfig /displaydns" in dos box ) and Netbios names( if Netbios
enabled ) and after that dns query
Arkady


"Polaris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> sorry, I meant "gethostbyaddr"
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> "Polaris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Hi Experts:
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how getnamebyaddr work? Does it try to resolve name by
>> contacting local DNS service first (looking at the local
>> /Windows/System/drivers/etc/hosts file)? If failed, it will try to
>> contact remote DNS server?
>>
>> Thanks in Advance!
>> Polaris
>>
>
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