On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 05:58:42PM +0000, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > Hi, > > If we do reorder the questions to > > -IP address > -Netmask [guessed from ip address] > -Gateway [guessed from previous answers] > -DNS servers > -Machine name > -Domain name > > Then it may also be possible to retrieve Machine and domain name > from DNS, if present.
Be careful though. It is not at all unusual for given IP to have multiple A and PTR records; I can also imagine confusing scenarios where the IP is NAT'd and there are different local and external DNS. If you do it that way, use the returned value as the default to the question. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
