Quick Tip – Resolve NetBIOS Names to IP Addresses
Sometimes I need to know the IP address of a specific Windows computer on my local network. OS X doesn’t appear to automatically resolve a NetBIOS name to an IP address when using the ping command from the Terminal. So, instead, you can use nmblookup.
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-->ryan@Augustus~$ nmblookup vista-mce querying vista-mce on 192.168.1.255 192.168.1.108 vista-mce<00>
In the example above, "vista-mce" is the NetBIOS name of the computer I want the IP address for. There a number of options for nmblookup that you may need depending on your network. Check the man page for more details.
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