Scan for hostnames on your network

[cowboy]

A big issue for me is to try and find hostnames for other network devices.

 

Here are few commands I run from my Ubuntu box that may help you out.

 

 

First try the ever popular nslookup

nslookup 

To find a hostname in your local network by IP address you can use:

nmblookup -A 

To find a hostname on the internet you could use the host program:

host 

Or you can try running:

nbtscan 

 

One of my favorite DNS tools is dig

dig -x 

dig -t ANY  +noall +answer

dig @your.dns.server