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220-1002 · Question #724

A technician notices a workstation is connecting to an IP address on the network and wants to determine the machine name that belongs to that IP address. Which of the following commands should the…

The correct answer is B. ipconfig. To find the machine name associated with a given IP address on the network, the technician should use ipconfig, which can display local network configuration details including hostname information.

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Question

A technician notices a workstation is connecting to an IP address on the network and wants to determine the machine name that belongs to that IP address. Which of the following commands should the technician use?

Options

  • Agpresult
  • Bipconfig
  • Cnslookup
  • Dnet user

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Why each option

To find the machine name associated with a given IP address on the network, the technician should use ipconfig, which can display local network configuration details including hostname information.

Agpresult

gpresult displays the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) for Group Policy and has no function related to resolving IP addresses to machine names.

BipconfigCorrect

The ipconfig command displays the local machine's full IP configuration, including hostname and adapter details. A technician can run ipconfig /all to view the machine name tied to the IP address in question, making it the appropriate command for identifying a workstation by its network identity.

Cnslookup

nslookup is used to query DNS servers for domain name and IP address lookups, but it is not the standard command for identifying a local workstation's machine name from an IP address in this context.

Dnet user

net user is a command used to manage local or domain user accounts and passwords, and it has no capability to resolve or display machine names associated with IP addresses.

Concept tested: Using ipconfig to identify local machine network identity

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ipconfig

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#nslookup#DNS resolution#network commands#IP address lookup

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