There's a Net::DNS module available on CPAN that has ~30 sub-units to
it, probably
either Net::DNS::Resolver or Net::DNS::Question would have a function
that does 
what you want...

isla0005 at tc.umn.edu wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know about any routine in perl which can convert
> the IP to a readable network name ?
> 
> Example : if the user is loggin in from soutdale, the name of
> the network comes up as southdale.mn.rr or something...
> 
> Apu
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