Unable to connect via NetBIOS Name

Posted by grom on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by grom
Published on 2012-03-21T07:32:55Z Indexed on 2012/03/29 23:31 UTC
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I can't connect to machines/shares by NetBIOS names. Below is console output showing the problem.

C:\>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.100] Scope Id: []

                NetBIOS Local Name Table

       Name               Type         Status
    ---------------------------------------------
    BEAST          <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <00>  GROUP       Registered
    BEAST          <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1E>  GROUP       Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1D>  UNIQUE      Registered
    ..__MSBROWSE__.<01>  GROUP       Registered


C:\>nbtstat -A 192.168.1.3

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.100] Scope Id: []

           NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

       Name               Type         Status
    ---------------------------------------------
    BRCLAPTOP      <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <00>  GROUP       Registered
    BRCLAPTOP      <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1E>  GROUP       Registered

    MAC Address = 00-1C-BF-14-B8-6E

C:\>ping beast

Pinging beast [fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11: time<1ms

Ping statistics for fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>ping brclaptop
Ping request could not find host brclaptop. Please check the name and try again.

C:\>nbtstat -a brclaptop

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.100] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

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