how to: resolve workstation name from an ip address..powershell how to

[ego100]

I am stuck at resolving a workstation name from a given ip address on a network. Please offer any suggestions including powershell scripts. thanks

 

[Pyprohly]

PowerShell has a wonderful type accelerator: System.Net.Dns, that's dedicated to retrieving host names.

[COLOR="Gray"]PS[/COLOR] [COLOR="Silver"]C:\Windows\System32>[/COLOR] [COLOR="Black"][Net.Dns]::GetHostByAddress('192.168.1.102')[/COLOR]

HostName                                Aliases                                 AddressList
--------                                -------                                 -----------
RemoteComputer-PC                                {}                                      {192.168.1.102}


[COLOR="Gray"]PS[/COLOR] [COLOR="Silver"]C:\Windows\System32>[/COLOR][COLOR="Black"][Net.Dns]::GetHostByAddress('192.168.1.102').HostName[/COLOR]
RemoteComputer-PC