Ars Technica

SMB faster via IP than hostname?

So I have a QNAP NAS that's sharing a couple of folders via SMB. In Windows, if I go to \\<ip address> in explorer, open the shared folder and pull a 7 GB file to my local drive, I get about 50 MB/s ...
CCM

Get a computer address from IP address in a LAN: command prompt

How to find a hostname via public IP address? In order to find the hostname of a computer with a public IP address, you have to pass the address to the Domain Name System (DNS) server. Here are the ...
Ars Technica

Samba share accessible via IP address, but not via hostname...?

I have a CentOS VM running in VMWare player. The host is Windows Server 2008 R2. The hostname is rianjswiki. The FQDN is rianjswiki.<company>.net. The wiki is accessible via browser both via the short ...
CIOL

How to retrieve the hostname of an IP Address?

BANGALORE, INDIA: This Java tip demonstrates a method of determining the hostname of an IP address. Developer may use this code in applications which displays host name on their user interface. Note ...
Hackaday

ip address

Ever wanted to just plug something in and conveniently read the hostname and IP addresses of a headless board like a Raspberry Pi? Chances are, a free USB port is more accessible than digging up a ...