Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:00:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>, "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: How to Use 'whois' to Lookup Hostname From IP Address Message-ID: <20010807180037.85662.qmail@web11704.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A041@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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www.arin.net/whois/index.html will do it for you. Doesn't *really* answer your question, but it works. --Tim --- Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> wrote: > I can't seem to figure out how to use whois to find > the hostname from an IP > address. For example, I want to find the host name > for 1.2.3.4. I have > tried "whois 1.2.3.4" and get the error "whois: > 4.whois-servers.net: No > address associated with hostname". If I try "whois > 4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa", I > get the error "No match for "4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa". > If I try some of the > various options like "whois -a 1.2.3.4" it will > return the name of the > organization that owns the block of IP addresses but > not the specific > hostname for the address. > > So how can I use the whois command to enter my IP > address and have it return > my domain name? > > Thanks, > > Drew > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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