nbtstat

[chinnashara]

Hi Guys,

I tried to ping a machine and its responding but when do the nbtstat then could see "Host not found." as the output.

Can some one please let me know about nbtstat and on which we should rely.


Thanks in Advance!!!

 

[conan3]

NBTSTAT [ [-a RemoteName] [-A IP address] [-c] [-n]
[-r] [-R] [-RR] [-s] [-S] [interval] ]

-a (adapter status) Lists the remote machine's name table given its name
-A (Adapter status) Lists the remote machine's name table given its
IP address.
RemoteName Remote host machine name.
IP address Dotted decimal representation of the IP address.
interval Redisplays selected statistics, pausing interval seconds
between each display. Press Ctrl+C to stop redisplaying
statistics.


C:\>nbtstat -a serverA

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.125.68.229] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
serverA<00> UNIQUE Registered
ACME <00> GROUP Registered
serverA<20> UNIQUE Registered

MAC Address = 00-15-C5-00-00-00


Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

Host not found.

C:\Documents and Settings\david.c.cohen>nbtstat -A 10.125.68.229

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.125.68.229] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
serverA<00> UNIQUE Registered
ACME <00> GROUP Registered
serverA<20> UNIQUE Registered

MAC Address = 00-15-00-00-00-00


Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

Host not found.

 

[chinnashara]

When we do a nbtstat will it takes the hostname from the DNS or from the Wins