On 23/11/2007, chloe K <chloekcy2000@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > this is very fast > > how come sometimes I get the hostname, most of the time it can't > > how can I have hostname to print it out? > > > Host 192.168.63.245 appears to be up. > Host 192.168.63.246 appears to be up. > Host 192.168.63.247 appears to be up. > Host 192.168.63.248 appears to be up. > Host zzz.com (192.168.63.249) appears to be up. > Host 192.168.63.250 appears to be up. > Host 192.168.63.251 appears to be up. > > Thank you > > Jim Canfield <jcanfield@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: or...just use nmap to ping a range. > > EX: nmap -sP 192.168.1.1-254 If the host is not defined in dns, you won't get a translation of the ip address to hostname. Just compare the output of these commands: 'host 192.168.63.247' 'host 192.168.63.249' Kind regards, Herta -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
