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After attempting to use the ping -a command with a remote ip address connected to the same LAN network, the command prompt does not show me the remote computer's hostname

What I have been entering currently is

ping -a 192.168.0.205

The output of this resolves to

Pinging 192.168.0.205 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.16.0.205: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.16.0.205: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.16.0.205: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.16.0.205: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=64

Nowhere in this output does the command prompt state the hostname of the remote computer. Is there a way to resolve the hostnames of remote computers in the command prompt? If so what would you use to do this?

I have already tried using arp -a, netstat -a, ipconfing /all, and nbtstat -a and none of these have worked

Answer 1

If you were on Linux, you could use the following command to do a reverse lookup on your DNS server:

host 192.168.0.205

or

nslookup 192.168.0.205

However, it is likely that you don't have a DNS server within your local network and therefore no computers have externally visible hostnames.