Exercise 16.5: Using NBTSTAT to View the Local NetBIOS Name

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Exercise 16.5: Using NBTSTAT to View the Local NetBIOS Name

Cache and Add Entries to the Cache from an LMHOSTS File

Exercise 16.5 examines the contents of the local NetBIOS name cache and loads entries into the cache from an LMHOSTS file. You should have installed TCP/IP and have another Windows client with TCP/IP installed and fire sharing enabled.

1.	Use Notepad to open the file \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS.SAM.
2.	Add an entry to the bottom of the file for the other Windows client, specifying the NetBIOS name and the IP address of the Windows client. Make sure there is not a comment (#) in front of this line.
3.	Save the file in the same directory as LMHOSTS (without an extension).
4.	From a command prompt on your NT computer, type nbtstat -c. This displays the local cache.
5.	From a command prompt, type nbtstat -R. This purges the cache and loads the contents of the LMHOSTS file into the local cache.
6.	From a command prompt, type nbtstat -c to display the new contents of the local cache.
7.	Using Windows NT Explorer, map a network drive to the other Windows client. The local cache was used to resolve the NetBIOS name for this connection.

From a command prompt, type nbtstat /? to see all the switches available with the NBTSTAT command.

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