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- From: erb@insu1.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de (Olaf Erb)
- Subject: Re: How to use nslookup to go from IP address to name?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.124913.4455@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Keywords: nslookup, network, IP address, name
- Sender: usenet@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (USENET News System)
- Organization: Institut fuer Nachrichtensysteme, Uni Karlsruhe
- References: <1992Jul24.104122.9943@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 12:49:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul24.104122.9943@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, coar@Nephi.Enet.DEC.Com (Rodent of Unusual Size) writes:
- |>
- |> This may be a FAQ, in which case please accept my apologies; I've just
- |> added this group.
- |>
- |> How can I use nslookup to translate an IP address into a fully-qualified
- |> host name? It will do the reverse, but any time I feed it an address, it
- |> just parrots it back to me.
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- insu1:/usr/users/erb > nslookup
- Default Server: netserv.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
- Address: 129.13.64.5
-
- > set q=ptr
- > 5.64.13.129.in-addr.arpa
- Server: netserv.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
- Address: 129.13.64.5
-
- 5.64.13.129.in-addr.arpa host name = netserv.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
- >
-
- |>
- |> #ken :-)} Jeratol the Chaotic
- |>
- |> Coar@Nephi.Enet.DEC.Com | All opinions herein contained, stated or implied,
- |> Coar@DECUS.Org | are solely those of the author. And he's fullovem.
- |> Coar@Eisner.DECUS.Org | `... it was mine art, ... that made gape the pine
- |> Massachusetts, USA | and let thee out.' - Prospero (_The Tempest_)
-
-
- Set query to prt, then enter the IP address in reverse order,
- followed with .in-addr.arpa
-
- - Olaf
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