FW: Name resolution from IP

gination encircles the world." -- Albert Einstein [1879-1955] -Original Message- From: John Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:33 AM To: Perl Beginners ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: Name resolution from IP How can I resolve a machine name from an IP addre

Re: Name resolution from IP

On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 06:32 , John Edwards wrote: [..] > $machine_name = gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($userIP), AF_INET) or die "Can't > resolve $userIP: $!\n" > > It works on the LAN, but not across a router to the remainder of our WAN. > Any ideas? My complements to Tim Musson <[EMAIL PROT

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

RE: Name resolution from IP

>-Original Message- >From: John Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >How can I resolve a machine name from an IP address? The >machine that the >script is running on is NT4. > >I've tried this (with use Socket qw(:DEFAULT :crlf); at the top of the >script) > >$machine_name = gethost

Name resolution from IP

How can I resolve a machine name from an IP address? The machine that the script is running on is NT4. I've tried this (with use Socket qw(:DEFAULT :crlf); at the top of the script) $machine_name = gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($userIP), AF_INET) or die "Can't resolve $userIP: $!\n" It works on the L