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What is the best way to get the computer name remotely based on an IP address?

I have several windows machines identified by ip address. I would like to write an application that query the computers remotely and gets their name. I cannot rely on DNS because it does not provide exact results.

I heard that there is a NetBIOS API that can be used, but I am not familiar with this API.

Solution

  • check getnameinfo

    The getnameinfo function provides protocol-independent name resolution from an address to an ANSI host name and from a port number to the ANSI service name.