Downloaf IPINFO.ZIP, unzip it, and store IPA.EXE and IPN.EXE in a folder that is in your PATH.
NOTE: I discarded the IPINFO.EXE GUI.
Prior to having these tools, if I wanted to get my local computer's IP address, I would use a FOR command to parse @ping -n 1 %computername%, or Ipconfig /all.
Now, if I want the my computers IP address, I just parse ipa. If I want the IP address of another computer on my network, I just parse ipa \[computername\]:
for /f "Tokens=*" %%a in ('ipa SomeComputerName') do set IP=%%a
NOTE: Both
IPA.EXE and
IPN.EXE return
ERRORLEVEL 0 upon success,
1 on an error, and
2 on a syntax error.
If I want to return the computer name associated with an IP address on my network, I just parse ipn \[IPAdress\]:
for /f "Tokens=*" %%a in ('ipn SomeIPAaddress') do set name=%%a
NOTE: If the network computer is a
member of your domain, the format returned is ComputerName.DomainName, like JSI009.JSIINC.COM. If the network computer is
NOT
a member of your domain, the
NetBIOS computer name is returned, like JSI009. If you always want just the
NetBIOS
computer name:
for /f "Tokens=1 Delims=." %%a in ('ipn SomeIPAddress') do set name=%%a
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