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Re: Tool to find out info about machine ?



On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 09:08:22PM -0700, Kapil Khosla wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there a program / utility in Linux to find out the information of a remote host by telling its IP address. 
> I am interested in knowing the hostname, possibly location (server),of a remote machine whose IP address is known to me,
> Thanks
> Kapil
> 
> 
the 2 quickies:

host 66.218.71.63

nslookup 66.218.71.63

(they both have manpages & numerous options)


Now that we have a name:

whois ns1.yahoo.com

Or often better:

whois -h networksolutions.com ns1.yahoo.com


-- 
-CraigW



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