"Michael D. Viron" wrote:
>
> Jennifer,
>
> What does nbtstat do? Is it anything like netstat?
>
> Michael
>
> --
> Michael Viron
> Registered Linux User #81978
> Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
> Web Spinners, University of West Florida
>
> At 08:00 PM 07/01/2001 -0400, JENNIFER wrote:
> >Is there a NBTSTAT eqivilent in the *nix world?
> >
>From my understanding, it resolves an IP address to an FQDN. I have only
used the -a and -A switches.
Here is the syntax:
C:\>nbtstat /?
Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections
using NBT
(NetBIOS over TCP/IP).
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.
-c (cache) Lists NBT's cache of remote [machine]
names and
their IP
addresses
-n (names) Lists local NetBIOS names.
-r (resolved) Lists names resolved by broadcast and
via WINS
-R (Reload) Purges and reloads the remote cache name
table
-S (Sessions) Lists sessions table with the
destination IP
addresses
-s (sessions) Lists sessions table converting
destination IP
addresses to computer NETBIOS names.
-RR (ReleaseRefresh) Sends Name Release packets to WINs and
then, starts
Refr
esh
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:\>
