Windows PowerShell One Liner: Name to IP Address

<Edited 7/2/2006 to add tags and category>
Wei Wu provided a nice one liner in response to a query in our NewsGroup: Microsoft.Public.Windows.PowerShell about how to resolve a hostname into an IP Address:

PS> [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses(“www.msn.com“)

IPAddressToString : 207.68.173.76
Address           : 1286423759
AddressFamily     : InterNetwork
ScopeId           :
IsIPv6Multicast   : False
IsIPv6LinkLocal   : False
IsIPv6SiteLocal   : False

If you want to go from address to name:

PS> [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostbyAddress(“207.46.198.30”)

HostName                  Aliases                  AddressList
——–                  ——-                  ———–
wwwtkttest2.microsoft.com {}                       {207.46.198.30}

Jeffrey Snover
Windows PowerShell Architect

PSMDTAG:FAQ: How do I resolve a hostname?
PSMDTAG:DOTNET: GetHostByAddress