Hostname vs IP-address

JuergenF · Post by **JuergenF** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:16 am

Hi all,

is there a difference between %host% and %hostaddr% ?

What I'm really looking for is this:
Assumed I have a PING test with ADDRESS set to WWW.GMX.DE
%host% and %hostaddr% both show WWW.GMX.DE
Is there a varibale showing the ip-address of that Name ?

And the other way round:
Assumed I have a PING test with ADDRESS set to 2.16.89.234
%host% and %hostaddr% both show 2.16.89.234
Is there a varibale showing the Hostname of that ip-address ?

Thanks
Juergen

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:47 pm

is there a difference between %host% and %hostaddr% ?

If we are talking about variables specified as ACTION parameter, then there is no "official" %host% variable (it works but its not documented so you should use %hostaddr%)

Is there a varibale showing the ip-address of that Name ?

No. If you specified host using name, variable will return name.

Regards
Alex

JuergenF · Post by **JuergenF** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:25 am

From the documentation:
Section "test items" / "variables"
%host% or %hostaddr%
Represents the host name (or IP address) of the target System

I use it in the "Test Name" and "Comment" field of my tests.

What about an enhancement ?
Also giving the DNS-Name / IP-address translation

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 11:09 am

So we are not talking about actions, we are talking about templates?
Yes, here you can use both variables.

What about an enhancement ?
Also giving the DNS-Name / IP-address translation

And change test name automatically when HostMonitor or RMA detects remote host that changed IP address? Not sure this is good idea

Regards
Alex

JuergenF · Post by **JuergenF** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:22 am

KS-Soft wrote:So we are not talking about actions, we are talking about templates?
Yes, here you can use both variables.

What about an enhancement ?
Also giving the DNS-Name / IP-address translation
And change test name automatically when HostMonitor or RMA detects remote host that changed IP address? Not sure this is good idea

Regards
Alex

I think at least in the Comment field it does make sense to be able to resolve the hostname to an ip address

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:59 am

If "template" variable changes, it changes everywhere.
I have added suggestion into "to do" list, not sure what we will do...

Regards
Alex