I think the Windows version uses NETBIOS to resolve names that don't have a DNS entry. Use nslookup. That will return the name as registered with a DNS server. It won't use NETBIOS so private IP address probably won't be resolved unless its in your /etc/hosts files. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Milen Dimitrov Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:56 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Linux "ping -a " analogue Hi gurus, Windows' command "ping -a 192.168.0.1" will resolve the IP address 192.168.0.1 into to a name if possible. What is the linux analogue of this command? Linux ping command doesn't seem to be able to do that... Any ideas? ============================ C:\>ping -a 192.168.0.1 Pinging MYNEWPC [192.168.0.1] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64 Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms ================================= -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
