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I'm having trouble with my network at work. We have a LOT of computers on our network and one of them is causing me problems. I'm rendering from 3ds Max via Backburner and I can see that there is a another manager distributing jobs. I can see the IP adress of the computer (198.162.1.61), I just don't know where it is or what it's called.

Is there any way to get a specefic computers information if I only know its IP address?

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Consult the ARP table. Then you'll get the MAC address, this you can match with the vendor via:

http://www.adminsub.net/mac-address-finder

command:

arp -a

use the following command to see the name of the computer:

nbtstat –a <ipaddress>

if you are lucky, you can also gather information via scans (ex program: autoscan, nmap, ...)