Hostname vs IP-address

JuergenF · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:16 am Post subject: Hostname vs IP-address

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 · Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12795 Location: USA

JuergenF · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:25 am Post subject:

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 · Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12795 Location: USA

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

JuergenF · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:22 am Post subject:

KS-Soft · Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 12795 Location: USA

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

Regards
Alex