Find NetBIOS/WINS name of a IP

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00:00 Find Netbios/Wins Name Of A Ip
00:20 Answer 1 Score 7
00:36 Accepted Answer Score 23
01:20 Answer 3 Score 1
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 23

How can I find the NetBIOS/WINS name of a PC

You can use nbtstat

Example:

nbtstat -A x.x.x.x

Syntax

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By IP address
  NBTSTAT -A IP_address [options] [interval]
Key

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-A (Adapter status) List the remote machine's name table given its IP address

Source NBTSTAT.exe - Display protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)

ANSWER 2

Score 7

ping -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

This will try WINS and then DNS.

The NSLOOKUP command does similar, but only via DNS.

ANSWER 3

Score 1

From a Windows system :

nbtstat -A x.x.x.x

From Linux a Linux :

nmblookup -A x.x.x.x