name of remote computer

[Nacree]

Is there a way to get the name of a remotely connected computer?  I can get the IP address, but the customer would like to see the name of the computer as well.

Thanks,

Nathan

[Allen_W.]

There is an IP To String function on the TCP pallette. If you wire in the address, you should get the name of the computer as the string.

Allen

[Nacree]

As far as I know, the IP to String fuction only gives the numeric IP address- the computer name does not show.

[Steve.Briggs]

Settings >> Control Panel >> System >> General/Network ID/Advanced?

[dan_u]

The IP to String function has a boolean input. If you leave it unwired or wire false, you'll get the computer name. If that doesn't work for you, you can still use the System Exec VI to call the "nslookup IP-address" command and parse the output.
Daniel

[Dennis_Knutson]

Look at the help for the function. There's a Boolean input called 'dot notation? (F)'. The default is false so it will return the network name by default and only if you wire a True to it, will it return the numeric. If you had actually tried the function, you would have seen the result yourself.

[Nacree]

Thanks,

I somehow overlooked this.  That answers my question.  I really appreciate the help.

Thanks again,

Nathan