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				&lt;td colspan='2' style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan='2' style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 06:33, 6 June 2014&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|api=rednet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|api=rednet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|addon=ComputerCraft&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|addon=ComputerCraft&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|desc=Introduced by ComputerCraft 1.6, searches the local rednet network for systems &amp;quot;hosting&amp;quot; the desired protocol and returns any computer IDs that respond as &amp;quot;registered&amp;quot; against it. If a hostname is specified, only one ID will be returned (assuming an exact match is found).&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|desc=Introduced by ComputerCraft 1.6, searches the local rednet network for systems &amp;quot;hosting&amp;quot; the desired &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[Rednet (API)#Protocols|&lt;/ins&gt;protocol&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;and returns any computer IDs that respond as &amp;quot;registered&amp;quot; against it. If a hostname is specified, only one ID will be returned (assuming an exact match is found)&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Lookups are [[rednet.broadcast|broadcasted]] with a specified protocol of &amp;quot;dns&amp;quot;. Replies are sent back to the sender's [[os.getComputerID|ID]] number with the same protocol&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;See also: [[rednet.host|rednet.host()]], [[rednet.unhost|rednet.unhost()]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;See also: [[rednet.host|rednet.host()]], [[rednet.unhost|rednet.unhost()]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Bomb Bloke: Created page with &quot;{{lowercase}} {{Function |name=rednet.lookup |args={{type|string}} protocol, [&lt;nowiki&gt;&lt;/nowiki&gt;{{type|string}} hostname] |returns={{type|number}} ID1, {{type|number}} ID2, ......&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;{{lowercase}} {{Function |name=rednet.lookup |args={{type|string}} protocol, [&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;{{type|string}} hostname] |returns={{type|number}} ID1, {{type|number}} ID2, ......&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{lowercase}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Function&lt;br /&gt;
|name=rednet.lookup&lt;br /&gt;
|args={{type|string}} protocol, [&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;{{type|string}} hostname]&lt;br /&gt;
|returns={{type|number}} ID1, {{type|number}} ID2, ...&lt;br /&gt;
|api=rednet&lt;br /&gt;
|addon=ComputerCraft&lt;br /&gt;
|desc=Introduced by ComputerCraft 1.6, searches the local rednet network for systems &amp;quot;hosting&amp;quot; the desired protocol and returns any computer IDs that respond as &amp;quot;registered&amp;quot; against it. If a hostname is specified, only one ID will be returned (assuming an exact match is found).&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
See also: [[rednet.host|rednet.host()]], [[rednet.unhost|rednet.unhost()]]&lt;br /&gt;
|examples=&lt;br /&gt;
{{Example&lt;br /&gt;
|desc=Attempts to determine the ID of a remote system that has [[rednet.host|registered itself]] as using the protocol &amp;quot;futonFolderComs&amp;quot; under the hostname &amp;quot;futonFolderServer&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
|code= rednet.open(&amp;quot;top&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 local futonServerID = rednet.lookup(&amp;quot;futonFolderComs&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;futonFolderServer&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 if futonServerID then&lt;br /&gt;
 	print(&amp;quot;Found the server on channel &amp;quot;..futonServerID..&amp;quot;!&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
 else&lt;br /&gt;
 	print(&amp;quot;Failed to locate the futon server.&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
 end&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Example&lt;br /&gt;
|desc=Attempts to determine the IDs of all remote systems that have [[rednet.host|registered themselves]] as using the protocol &amp;quot;futonFolderComs&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
|code= rednet.open(&amp;quot;top&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 local futonServerID = {rednet.lookup(&amp;quot;futonFolderComs&amp;quot;)}&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 for i=1,#futonServerID do&lt;br /&gt;
 	print(&amp;quot;Found a server on channel &amp;quot;..futonServerID[i]..&amp;quot;!&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
 end&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:API_Functions]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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