Sign up for the ITPro Today newsletter
Stay on top of the IT universe with commentary, news analysis, how-to's, and tips delivered to your inbox daily.
December 21, 2000
When you type NBTSTAT -c at a CMD prompt, the display contains a period in the Name column:
NetBIOS Remote Cache Name Table Name Type Host Address Life [sec] ------------------------------------------------------------ PDCNAME UNIQUE 10.0.0.1 -1 PDCNAME UNIQUE 10.0.0.1 -1 PDCNAME UNIQUE 10.0.0.1 -1 DOMAINNAME GROUP 10.0.0.1 -1 DOMAINNAME . UNIQUE 10.0.0.1 -1 DOMAINNAME . UNIQUE 10.0.0.1 -1 DOMAINNAME . UNIQUE 10.0.0.1 -1 ^ | (Period) -----|
The period is caused by an incorrect entry in the LMHOSTS file:
10.0.0.1 "Domainname x1b"#PRE
The NetBIOS name must be exactly 15 characters, so the number of characters between the quote marks MUST be 20:
10.0.0.1 "Domainname x1b"#PRE
See tip 2988 and links.
You May Also Like