System Name From Ip Address
In case you are surprised by the word public and private ip address it s fairly simple.
System name from ip address. The ip address of your router. Hi i have a requirement that i need to find the computer name operating system name mac address and network role of a given ip address i am able to find the computer name but unable to find mac address and os information so please advice me how do i do that thanks in advance. However if the computers are connected to the same tcp ip network you can determine the mac address through a technology called arp address resolution protocol which is included with tcp ip. Since the public ip address of all the devices within the same network remains the same i e.
Using arp each local network interface tracks both the ip address and mac address for each device it has recently communicated with. We have a detailed article on the difference between public and private ip and how to find the ip address of your own device. Your computer s ip address internet protocol is as the name suggests an address that provides an identity for your device on a network. We can resolve hostname from ip address and vice versa by using net class system net dns.
Command prompt open up a command prompt by typing cmd into the start menu search windows vista 7 or newer or by opening a run window and then running cmd windows xp. In this article i am going to write powershell script to find machinename from ip address and get ip address from computer name. Then in the command dos window type this command and hit the enter key. Find machine name from ip address.
Nbtstat a xxx xxx xxx xxx replace the xs with the actual ip address of the target computer.