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From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: How to Use 'whois' to Lookup Hostname From IP Address
To: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>,
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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
> 
> 
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