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IP address and computer name

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by california dead head 2 views

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I have a IP conflict on my network and need to find out what the computer name of the machine is that has the IP that comes up on the conflict warning screen. How can I find a computer name from an IP address on my LAN? Be Specific please.

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by jschein

turn off the pc you know is having the i.p. conflict... then from another machine, goto the command prompt and type:

ipconfig - a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx x being the i.p. and it must be typed in lowercase. This will give you the computer name.

Good luck.

by jschein

LOL sorry... been dealing with some good people here at work... yes, it is:

ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ensure you use lowercase.

My apologies. I was doing some ipconfigs at the time.

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