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- Welcome to NS-Batch. I wrote this program to help me with the
- administration of a web site belonging to a client of mine.
- The log file(s) from the web server included the IP addresses
- of all machines that accessed the site, but did not include
- hostnames corresponding to those addresses. My client wanted
- the hostnames, and I got tired of manually typing (or even
- cut'n'pasting) the names from a log file into an NS-Lookup
- program. Thus NS-Batch was born.
-
- Both 16-bit (for Windows 3.1) and 32-bit (for Windows '95 and
- Windows NT) are available. Although the 16-bit version will
- run under Windows '95, it is not recommended. The 16-bit
- version is NS-BATCH.EXE. The 32-bit version is NSB-32.EXE.
- If you have received NSB-32.ZIP, create an empty directory,
- unzip the file into that directory, and then run SETUP.EXE
- to install the program.
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- Interactive Processing - IP Address to Hostname:
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- Enter the IP address for which you want a hostname and press
- the upper "Lookup" button (Alt-L). If a hostname is available,
- it will be displayed.
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- Interactive Processing - Hostname to IP address:
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- Enter the hostname for which you want an IP address and press
- the lower "Lookup" button (Alt-O). If an IP address can be
- found, it will be displayed.
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- Batch Processing:
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- Enter the name of an ASCII text file containing numeric
- IP addresses in dotted-octet notation (i.e., in the form
- 199.102.3.2), and the name of an output file. Then click
- on the "Run" button (Alt-U). The program will read the
- input file, searching for IP addresses, and will create an
- output file containing a separate line for each address in
- the input file. The format of the output file will be
- determined by the options that you select.
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- Probing:
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- You can also use NS-Batch to "probe" for the names of all
- the machines on a given subnet. Say for example that you
- want the names of all computers whose addresses are in the
- range 199.1.11.1 through 199.1.11.254. Enter the subnet
- 199.1.11 (without the trailing '.' character), and the name
- of an output file. Then click on the "Probe" button (Alt-R).
- The program will start probing the DNS, searching for IP
- addresses that fit the subnet, and will create an output
- file containing a separate line for each address in the
- input file. The format of the output file will be determined
- by the options that you select.
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- Note that NS-Batch only does DNS lookups, and does not actually
- perform a "ping" on each computer reported.
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- Output Format Options:
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- The output files for both batch processing and probing can
- be formatted as desired. Each line in the output file can
- contain up to five fields, separated by the delimiter of
- your choice. The order of the fields can also be adjusted
- by selections on the Output Options dialog.
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- * The hexadecimal representation of the binary form of the
- IP address (makes it easy to sort the file).
- * The IP address in dotted-octet notation.
- * The hostname corresponding to the IP address, if found (for
- example, www.onramp.net).
- * The hostname in reverse notation (for example, net.onramp.www).
- * A status field describing any anomalies that occurred during
- the lookup.
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- Also, you may adjust the operation of NS-Batch via the following
- selections (on the "Output Options" dialog:
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- * Selecting "Verify that hostnames are valid" will cause
- NS-BATCH to perform a forward lookup of the hostname.
- That is, if NS-BATCH finds that "198.57.35.2" is
- "machine.domain.com", it will then lookup "machine.domain.com"
- to verify that "198.57.35.2" is returned.
- * Selecting "Include invalid hostnames in output" (which
- is only applicable if "Verify that hostnames are valid"
- is checked) will cause NS-BATCH to include in the output
- all hostnames found, even if they fail the forward lookup.
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- Comments, Suggestions, etc.
-
- Comments are more than welcome, and constructive
- suggestions will be incorporated into future versions
- of the program. Please feel free to contact the author
- via e-mail at:
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- jim@jimprice.com,
-
- The latest versions of NS-BATCH and other products can
- always be found on the NS-Batch homepage at:
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- http://www.jimprice.com/jimprice/html/jim-soft.htm
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- Licensing
-
- Although ownership of NS-Batch is retained by the author, this
- version may be freely distributed, as long as it is not modified,
- and as long as it is accompanied by this notice. If you really
- like the program, and feel compelled to send money, send a
- small donation to:
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- Jim Price
- 13237 Montfort Drive, Suite 406
- Dallas, TX 75240
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