[Interest] Getting a hostname given the IP Address

[Rainer Wiesenfarth]

Am 24.10.2012 09:29, schrieb Joseph W Joshua:
> The computers in question are in a locked network that does not have
> Internet access. I will try 8.8.8.8 and get back to you.
>
> But all computers in the local networks, 192.168.0.xxx and
> 10.20.21.xxx respond with the IP address and not the hostname.

Do you have a proper DNS set up? Is "nslookup 192.168.0.xxx" (Windows) 
or "host 192.168.0.xxx" (Linux) able to resolve the address?

Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Rainer Wiesenfarth

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