I want to be able to arbitrarily ping a Windows computer using its NetBIOS name. (Windows hostname.)<BR><BR>In Linux, all I had to do was install winbind, then edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and add "wins" ...

If you have ever used a HOSTS file on your Windows computer, you might have seen the LMHOSTS file in the same directory where the HOSTS file is located. The HOSTS file is used to map IP host names to ...

It’s official: After almost three decades, Microsoft is set to remove Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) from Windows server updates. Server 2025, published earlier this month, will be the last ...

We have an AD forest with many users across several subdomains. How would one obtain the user's netbios domain name?<br><br>An example of why this is a problem may help:<br>A user's DN may be ...