Resolving IP Address from hostname with PowerShell

Question

I am trying to get the ipaddress from a hostname using Powershell, but I really can't figure out how.

Any help?

Answer 1

You can get all the IP addresses with GetHostAddresses like this:

$ips = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("yourhosthere") 

You can iterate over them like so:

[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("yourhosthere") | foreach {echo $_.IPAddressToString } 

A server may have more than one IP, so this will return an array of IPs.