March 01, 1997 05:01 PM

Inside a NetBIOS Name Resolution

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Mark Minasi
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A step-by-step look at the process
If you've been following the past few columns, you know that all the basic Windows NT client tools--Network Neighborhood, NET USE, NET VIEW, and the like--use name resolution to convert a server name, such as SNOOPY, to an IP address, such as 201.33.19.31. You also know that NT (and, for that matter, Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups--WFW) does NetBIOS name resolution in one of several ways: It can broadcast, use an LMHOSTS file, or look up a name in Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).

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Great article, although i still have to learn a lot. Hint/tip requiered: i'm building a netsend app using Visual Basic and NetMessageBufferSend api. The app is deployed on a MS Server2003 network using XP pc's. On some pc's the api call takes about 10-15 secs to complete. Your article points me in the direction of enabling WINS, or refreshing the LMHOSTS table. Do you have any tips how to tackle this problem?

JayPho7/29/2004 6:07:59 AM

Thanks for the article. I have been trying to resolve a problem accessing a website with lmhosts. The trouble is that the domain name for the site was longer than 15 spaces even without the .com extension. Can you address this circumstance? What goes in lmhosts for trusted domain name in such a situation? Should I have used the IP address?

Jane Fairfax 4/30/2004 8:12:54 AM

Please help me, what are the five name resolution methods.
and dns servers process client queries in two, what two ways, please help me email me thank you.

Peter Guy 3/3/2004 6:24:02 PM

My question is: when you want to resolve NetBios names into IP addresses can you use the Lmhosts files, broadcast transmissions, and DNS?

tom d. 12/7/2003 5:37:37 PM

what do netbios in wins and dns . different between netbios name & lmhosts file name please give me detail answer .
for this kind of act

khalid malik 11/1/2003 9:49:23 AM

great article!! Explained everything in question!
thanks

Blaine4/13/2001 8:39:53 AM

I couldn't find any better source of information about host name Resolution. The way this topic is explained by the author makes very easy understand the whole configuration process even if the reader is a spanish speaker like me.

Javier H. Eraso 11/8/2000 12:43:53 PM

I'm a new MCSE and I had learned about each the different types of name resolution. It wasn't until I had to specify a Node type on a Server install that I relized that I had no clue as where to specify the node type. After reading this artical I easily went to the server and set the correct node type.
Thank-you


Shane6/15/2000 10:14:17 AM

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