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N10-005 · Question #878

An administrator wants to translate an internal workstation name to an IP address. Which of the following commands would be used?

The correct answer is B. nslookup. nslookup (Name Server Lookup) is a command-line tool used to query DNS servers to resolve hostnames to IP addresses and vice versa. It is the correct tool for translating a workstation name to an IP address. ifconfig (Linux/Mac) and ipconfig (Windows) display local network…

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Question

An administrator wants to translate an internal workstation name to an IP address. Which of the following commands would be used?

Options

  • Aifconfig
  • Bnslookup
  • Cnetstat
  • Dipconfig

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    89% (47)
  • C
    8% (4)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

nslookup (Name Server Lookup) is a command-line tool used to query DNS servers to resolve hostnames to IP addresses and vice versa. It is the correct tool for translating a workstation name to an IP address. ifconfig (Linux/Mac) and ipconfig (Windows) display local network interface configuration. netstat displays active network connections and port statistics - none of these perform DNS name resolution.

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#nslookup#DNS resolution#hostname lookup#troubleshooting commands

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