To check the name of Pinged PC

[Huamin]

Hi all,

I just want to have the command for gathering the name of the pinged PC.

Thks & Bst Rgds,

HuaMin

[scuzzman]

Is said PC on a network or over the internet?

[homecomputeraid]

Ping -a then the IP Address. If name resolution is working, that should give you the name associated with an IP Address.

For example, ping -a 198.133.219.25 will result in the following:

C:\>ping -a 198.133.219.25

Pinging www.cisco.com [198.133.219.25] with 32 bytes of data:

In some situations name resolutions is not enabled (like on many firewalls).

Hope that helps! :)

[Huamin]

Hi,

But I have only had such results:

C:\cmp>ping -a 10.1.1.51

Pinging 10.1.1.51 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 10.1.1.51: bytes=32 time=335ms TTL=122

Reply from 10.1.1.51: bytes=32 time=334ms TTL=122

Reply from 10.1.1.51: bytes=32 time=333ms TTL=122

Reply from 10.1.1.51: bytes=32 time=334ms TTL=122

Ping statistics for 10.1.1.51:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 333ms, Maximum = 335ms, Average = 334ms

Are there any other switches for 'ping'?

Bst Rgds,

HuaMin

[Huamin]

Hi Ted,

I think it's OK for that I think the reason is that I do not have an URL name for that IP - '10.1.1.51', isn't it?

Bst Rgds,

HuaMin

[homecomputeraid]

There are many switches for ping. Just type ping /? to see them. If it's not resolving names, either the device is set not to give out a name, or DNS is not working.