The ping command won't tell you the name of a computer on a LAN by using the network address. Using other commands such as nslookup may help with that.
If you are the legitimate administrator of the (Windows) computer in question, you can do this using the Computer Management tool. If you are not, this is illegal (and the odds are you won't be able to anyway).
LAN refers to a Local Area Network. The LAN is used to network computers within a limited area like school, building or computer laboratory by using the network media.
One should be using the Server in order to delete one computer in a network.
Local system IP address,Subnet mask and Default Gateway of a computer
To start the specified network service.
In networking every system has a associated address to be identified in the network. The address associated with the system in network is called IP address . you can get your unique address by using PING command in command prompt or can check it online as well.
Network printing works like normal printing as far as your document is concerned, but the computer does a little more work. Normally, the computer sends the document to a printer physically plugged in to it and it prints. In this case, the printer isn't plugged in, but is instead on the network, usually connected another computer. The computer printing would send the data over the network to the computer hosting the printer as if the printer were plugged in to the local machine.
If you computer and network is not protected, then yes, there is that possibility.
It depends on the operating system you are using. Most windows systems use the 'ipconfig' command to look at the network adaptor configuration, whereas Unix/Linux use the 'ifconfig' command.
Someone can attach a network printer to a standalone computer by using a USB connection. Using a cord to attach the printer to the computer, then installing the printer software, someone can then use the printer from the computer.
When saving a file to your schools network, you are using a LAN, because it is a local are network. A WAN uses wide area networks, such as connecting two offices in two different locations.
using a dial-up network or a broadband network