Linux "ping -a " analogue

[Ryan Golhar]

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 at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] 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?
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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
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