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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
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- Subject: Re: How Can I Discover Alternate IP Addresses For Gateway?
- Date: 29 Aug 1992 09:47:21 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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- References: <64880@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <64880@cup.portal.com> Startup@cup.portal.com (Startup Consulting Company) writes:
- >If you know the IP address of a gateway (the one that is published to
- >the outside world), is there a way to discover the other IP addresses
- >that are used for that gateway on the other networks that it services?
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- Do a DNS query to translate the address into a domain name. Then look up
- the name. All the addresses should be listed in its A records.
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- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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