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Identify device by IP address

I need to identify a device on the network. All I have is the IP address, DNS will not resolve host name. Is there a tool that will identify the device type by using its IP address?
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angy ip scanner can show you hostname as well.
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Not all devices have a 'hostname' as such.  Something like OpManager ManageEngine might help though.
you might start with the command line:

ping [IPADDRRESS]
arp -a

The ping is just to make sure that your arp table has the IP address of interest.
arp -a yields a table of ipaddresses and MAC addresses.
From the MAC addresses you can determine the manufacturer of the device.

One site that will decode the MAC address first 6 characters:
http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/

Of course, if the device is a NIC that's plugged into a computer then it may be harder to know because you'll be getting the manufacturer of the NIC and not the computer.... but if it helps then......
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Thank you it helped a lot.