Re: Name resolution from IP

Hey John,

My MUA believes you used Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55)
to write the following on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 9:32:33 AM.
JE> How can I resolve a machine name from an IP address? The machine
JE> that the script is running on is NT4.

JE> I've tried this (with use Socket qw(:DEFAULT :crlf); at the top of the
JE> script)

JE> $machine_name = gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($userIP), AF_INET) or die "Can't
JE> resolve $userIP: $!\n"

JE> It works on the LAN, but not across a router to the remainder of our WAN.
JE> Any ideas?

I have used Net::DNS for something similar.  It works well.

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Tim@xxxxxxxxxx
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Windows 2000 5.0.2195 (Service Pack 2)
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