Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

IP Address Tracking Today

For IP address auditing or tracking, when a live network IP address needs to be linked or associated with a device, network administrators can use tools such as Nslookup to do a PTR reverse IP-to-name lookup and comb WINS databases or even use ping -a. Further testing can even include trying to connect to that system using various techniques like the Computer Management console, Telnet, HTTP, or any other means (such as reviewing firewall logs and so forth). All in all, this task can take some time and might not even produce the correct result; the administrator might have to physically searching that system using network switch ports, the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache, or even tracing network ports to wall ...