[ale] How do I track the Machine name by knowing the IPaddress ?????

[Mark Thomasson]

If you are sitting at the machine winipcfg works just fine , but . . . .

If you are using a WINS server on your NT network alll you have to do is
look it up in the WINS database assuming it registered properly.

There is a demo of NetXray from Network Associates that can ping a range of
IP addresses , then resolve IP to Mac Address and NetBIOS name (Computer
name). Is there a Linux utility that does the same thing?

In addition in the NT resource Kit , there is a utility that does the same
thing called "getmac" , however you first must know the computer name.




Mark Thomasson
Savannah College of Art and Design
Computer Art Department ( www.ca.scad.edu )




----- Original Message -----
 From: Patrick Ramsey <Ramsey_Patrick at promina.org>
To: <ale at ale.org>; <vijayaraman at msdc.hcltech.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] How do I track the Machine name by knowing the IPaddress
?????


> winipcfg
>
> >>> "Vijayaraman.S,J16 Chennai" <vijayaraman at msdc.hcltech.com> 06/09 11:08
AM >>>
> hi all,
>     i have a good question for you guys though i actually require help in
> this matter.
> How can i find the mac address (physical address of the NIC card) and the
> machine name (running windows 95 or 98)
> (most importantly i require the windows machine name ) by knowing the IP
> address alone.??? well i tried to find a solution but couldnt find an
answer
> for this, and no one in the   windows list could help me out and so i have
> backed on my most reliable source of information the ale group.well also
if
> u can help me with some code to track the physical address by giving the
IP
> address......
> thanx a lot,
>
> P.s : I luv linux but my organisation runs on windows
> Regards,
> S. VIJAYARAMAN,
>
>
>