Getting NETBIOS name from IP address

Remember how sometimes and often recurrently we need to know what machine is doing something on the network, and we only have the IP address ?

Well this windows comandline command from a windows machine on that LAN will give you that very same info - so we can run this from the PDC:

nbstat -r -A

......as evidence by:

G:\>nbtstat -r -A 10.243.102.148

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.243.102.75] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
DREW <00> UNIQUE Registered
GGG_IT <00> GROUP Registered
DREW <03> UNIQUE Registered
DREW$ <03> UNIQUE Registered
DREW <20> UNIQUE Registered
GGG_IT <1e> GROUP Registered

MAC Address = 00-16-E6-D9-06-B0

Given that it gives us some rather redundant information - but it does tell us the remote machine name and the MAC Address - which might be useful.