Using Common Host Tools to Determine the IP Address of a Host

DNS addresses and host addresses cam be easily identified by the operating systems with the help of their series of tools.

According to the operating systems the settings are changed and in Microsoft Windows devices the network communication tab is setup under and enables to view the IP address configuration in the PC. From the DHCP server the PC is allowed to configure the address.

And to determine the address of the device and various IP configuration in the pc command prompt is used to run and in the IPCONFIG allows us to see all current TCP/IP network configuration values and used to refresh DHCP and DNS settings and various subnet mask are all displayed. The following shows the display type.

 The IPCONFIG can be run in various number of flags to known exactly what output is been displaying. And there syntax is shown below.

•    IPCONFIG [/all] :
o    It will displays all the full configurations of TCP/IP and its adapters. And in the absence of this sort of parameter, ipconfig shows only in the subnet mask, IP address and the default gateway values in each of the adapters. In these adapters are in represented in the sort of the physical address, known as logical adapters (dialup connections), or installed networks.

•    /renew [Adapter]:
o    It helps to renews the DHCP configurations for the all adaptors in case of not specification of the adaptors or for specialized adapter parameter if it is much included and this certain sort of parameters are available in the computers with have adapters that are configured in order to obtain the specified IP address automatically. And when the ipconfig without any sort of parameters there an adapter name should be specified.


•    /release [Adapter]:
o    In this adapter there sends a DHCPRELEASE message to the DHCP server in order to release the configuration the current DHCP and discard the other IP address configurations for a specific adapter if it was included. And then the TCP/IP disables by the parameter for IP configuration to be done automatically 


•    /flushdns:
o    In the DNS client resolver cache the content is flushes and resets. And on the process of the DNS troubleshooting, this sort of process is used to discard the negative and draw back entries into the cache and in the other hand other entries are added dynamically.


•    /displaydns:
o    The content of the DNS client resolver cache is displayed, and in these includes the entries which are preloaded from the obtained recent resource records and the local file hosts by the computer.


•    /registerdns:
o    The manual initiate of dynamic registration and the DNS names and various IP address are configured by the computer. And by using a parameter to trouble shoot the failed DNS name registration and problem can be resolve from the client computer without even rebooting the client’s computer. These sort of settings in the DNS are advanced properties for which TCP/IP protocol tends to determine which one is registered in the DNS.


•    /showclassid Adapter:
o    This adapter shows the class ID for the DHCP to a specified adaptor. And to see that we should use the asterisk (*) wildcard character in the place of an adaptor.


•    /setclassid Adapter [ClassID]:
o    This adapter configures the class ID for the DHCP to a specified adaptor. And to see that we should use the asterisk (*) wildcard character in the place of an adaptor. And in this if the class ID is not specified in the DHCP then current class ID is tend to be deleted.·