How to Do a Reverse DNS Lookup

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Tip 1 - What's the command-line utility in Windows to do a reverse DNS look-up?

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Hemant Varma | permalink

Is there a built-in command line tool that will do reverse DNS look-ups in Windows? I.e., something like <toolname> w.x.y.z => mycomputername I've tried: nslookup: seems to be forward

For further reading: http://serverfault.com/questions/41064/whats-the-command-line-utility-in-windows-to-do-a-reverse-dns-look-up ^[1]

Tip 2 - Reverse IP Lookup - MxToolbox

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Terri Vaughan | permalink

For further reading: http://mxtoolbox.com/ReverseLookup.aspx ^[2]

Tip 3 - DNS tools | Manage Monitor Analyze | DNSstuff

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Yen Le | permalink

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For further reading: http://www.dnsstuff.com/docs/ptr/ ^[3]