One of your internal company applications is configured to use the hostname “server1.company.local” to perform its processing. Which of these tools would be the best choice for determining the IP address of this server?
A) tracert
B) ping
C) nslookup
D) netstat
E) That application never really worked that well anyway
The answer: C) nslookup
Nslookup is used to determine the IP address of a hostname, or to reverse the process and find a hostname based on an IP address.
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