Get-HostEntry.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     Demonstrates use of the GetHostEntry method of System.Net.DNS Class 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script is a an MSDN sample, using PowerShell 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : Get-HostEntry.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 CTP3 
10. .LINK 
11.     Sample posted to: 
12.     http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2009/04/get-hostentryps1.html 
13.     Original MSDN sample at: 
14.     http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.dns.gethostentry.aspx  
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-HostEntry.ps1 Cookham8
17.     Host Name    : Cookham8.cookham.net 
18.     Alias        : 
19.     Address      : fe80::d8ed:afe2:2a97:a596%14 
20.     Address      : fe80::3953:f67b:2f1c:1323%10 
21.     Address      : 10.10.1.120 
22.     Address      : 10.10.1.115 
23. .PARAM HostName 
24.     The name of the host to search for - the default is "localhost" 
25. #> 
26.  
27. param ( 
28. [string] $HostName = "localhost" 
29. ) 
30.  
31. ### 
32. # Start of Script 
33. ### 
34.   
35. #Get Host details 
36.  
37. $hostentrydetails = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry($hostname) 
38.  
39. # Print details: 
40. "Host Name    : {0}" -f $hostentrydetails.HostName 
41. foreach ($alias in $hostentrydetails.alises) { 
42. "Alias        : {0}" -f $alias 
43. } 
44. foreach ($addr in $hostentrydetails.addresslist) { 
45. "Address      : {0}" -f $Addr.ipaddresstostring 
46. } 
47.   
48. # End of script