Re: Wrong Name Coming Up in Pathping Command

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"razor" <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello--
>
> I just assigned a new server a static IP. When I use the pathping command
> with that IP address, another machine name comes up.
>
> The machine name that comes up is for an old machine that was
> decommissioned
> and taken off of our network years ago, and the computer object does not
> exist in Active Directory.
>
> What can I do?
>

If you are starting with an IP and resolving to a Name then
look in the REVERSE DNS zone (not the forward zone.)



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> Thank you,
>
>
> Stephen


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