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NSLOOKUP QUESTION

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by lazybedstar23

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Hello,

I am sorry if this is too simple but how can I lookup an IP address of a network printer if all I have is it's DNS name? Would i use nslookup? If so, what is the syntax? I keep trying "nslookup printername" and it keeps showing me only the IP address of my DNS server.

Thanks,
adam

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by curlergirl

Normally, printers are not registered in DNS - are you possibly thinking of the NetBIOS name of the printer? The reason you're getting only the IP address of the DNS server is because there is no record for the name of the printer. You should however be able to ping the printer and have it return the IP address - ping [printername] should do it. Hope this helps!

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