reverse ping?

one can ping a name and it will return the IP.
What does one do to fetch a name from an IP?
Tnx,
Charles

In comp.os.linux.networking Charles <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> one can ping a name and it will return the IP.
> What does one do to fetch a name from an IP?

In both situations you don't really want to use ping.

Try:

man dig
man host
man nslookup # Seems to get depreciated, I like it.

Good luck

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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:43:22 -0600, Charles <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>What does one do to fetch a name from an IP?

nslookup


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Kevin D. Quitt wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:43:22 -0600, Charles <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>What does one do to fetch a name from an IP?
>
>
> nslookup
>
>
specifically, "dig -x <ip addr>"

or

nslookup [ret]
> <ip addr> [ret]

and then once you see that these are cool tools and want to learn more,
then type man dig or man nslookup if you so fancy.

I do not know how to consult the DNS server but, i know a very simple way to
find out a name of an IP. Instead of using the "ping" use the command
"tracert" (for windows) and "traceroute" (for linux) and then the IP you are
looking for, the program itself will fetch the name of the machine whose IP
you introduced, but there is a tiny problem, that when it comes to http
servers, the name of the machine might not be the same of the Web.

"Charles" <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió en el mensaje
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> one can ping a name and it will return the IP.
> What does one do to fetch a name from an IP?
> Tnx,
> Charles

On 2005-01-08, Emporio Guijarro <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I do not know how to consult the DNS server

tried dig?

> find out a name of an IP.

you mean the 'host' command?

Davide

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Charles wrote:

> one can ping a name and it will return the IP.
> What does one do to fetch a name from an IP?

man host