nslookup is being deprecated in favor of dig. On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Ryan Golhar wrote: > 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
