JSI Tip 7501. How do I use the NBLookup command line diagnostic utility that uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to send NetBIOS name queries to Microsoft Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) servers?

Jerold Schulman

December 1, 2003

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 830578 contains the following summary:

NBLookup is a command line diagnostic tool that uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to send NetBIOS name queries to Microsoft Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) servers. NBLookup requires TCP/IP version 4 to run. WINS servers accept name resolution requests on UDP port 137.

NBLookup runs on the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

You can obtain NBLookup from the Microsoft Download Center.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the NBLookupV1.exe package now.

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NBLookup can be run in command-line mode, in interactive mode, and in query list mode. The following table contains the correct syntax for each mode.

Mode

Syntax

Command-Line

nblookup [-options] NetBIOS_Name_to_Query

Interactive

nblookup [-options]

Query List

nblookup -ql input_file [-qr report_file]



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