How do I get the machine name from an IP via Multicast DNS?
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I have a list of IP addresses on a network, and most of them support multicast DNS. I'd like to be able to resolve the server name instead of just having the IP address.
ping computer.local
64 bytes from 192.168.0.52: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=5.510 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.52: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.396 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.52: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=5.273 ms
Works, but I'd like to be able to determine that name from the IP. Also the devices don't necessarily broadcast any services, but definitely do support mDNS broadcast. So looking through services won't work.
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