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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Finding Computer Name by the IP address

Finding the IP address assigned to a computer is very simple. All you have to do is open the command prompt and use the IPCONFIG command. If you want to find the IP address associated with a specific computer name, you can use the NBTSTAT command. The syntax for doing so is as follows: 

NBTSTAT -a <computername> 

What if you want to find the computer name associated with a specific IP address? The solution is simple. You can once again find the information you are looking for using the NBTSTAT command, only this time with a different switch. Instead of using -a, you will use -A and specify an IP address as shown below: 

NBTSTAT -A <ipaddress> 

The results will tell you the computer name that is currently associated with the IP address you have specified.

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