NSLookup in ASP

What is the easiest way to get a client host name in an ASP page?

comp_name=Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_HOST")

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This will give me my client IP address but I need to get the host computer name not address.
Is there and easy lookup tool or another syntax I can use?

Thanks
piemckayAsked:
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sammySeltzerCommented:
<%
  Set PCName = Server.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
  Response.Write PCName.ComputerName
%>
piemckayAuthor Commented:
This returns the server name not the client name.

Thanks though! Any other ideas?
sammySeltzerCommented:
What do you mean by client name?

It returns the name of the computer you run it agains, server or no server.
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piemckayAuthor Commented:
The computer I am accessing the asp page through is the client. I want it to set comp_name to the name of my computer. For example my computer is called "API-GRP-WRK-445", the asp page is hosted on our IIS server "API-SVR-IIS-00".

When i use your code it will return the comp_name as "API-SVR-IIS-00" not "API-GRP-WRK-445".

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sammySeltzerCommented:
You may have to ping the ip address yourself to get the computer name using the following command:

ping -a ipaddress
piemckayAuthor Commented:
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I used this

Dim comp_name
Dim oShell, oExec, sCommand, sOutput
comp_name= Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_HOST")
sCommand = "%comspec% /c @echo off & for /f ""tokens=2"" %q in ('ping -n 1 -a " & sIP & "^|find /i ""pinging""') do echo %q"
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oExec = oShell.Exec(sCommand)
sOutput = oExec.StdOut.ReadAll
Set oExec = Nothing
Set oShell = Nothing

comp_name = sOutput

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Works perfect! Pity there is no simplie way of doing it.

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piemckayAuthor Commented:
This worked perfectly, it essentially is the only way to resolve a client IP address to a host name by pinging it and getting the results of that ping which includes the host name.
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