Query Domain Netbios Name

How to find my domain name and get the windows netbios name.

Query domain netbios name. Displays the contents of the netbios name cache the table of netbios. When scanning assets using lansweeper you sometimes needs to submit your domain s dns or netbios name as part of the scanning target if you re unsure what your domain s dns or netbios name is do the following. The netbios domain name may be changed during the installation of the active directory but it cannot be changed. The netbios name table is the list of netbios names that corresponds to netbios applications running on that computer.

And if the client wants to find a primary domain controller it issues a name query for fabrikam 1b to the wins server or broadcasts for fabrikam 1b record. The win32 computersystem wmi object gives informations on a windows computer. Note that this method is used only if the netbios name type being queried is the 0x20 server name type or 0x1c domain controllers. Log into the active directory server.

Query a name with the ip address listed in the wins server. A ipaddress displays the netbios name table of a remote computer specified by the ip address in dotted decimal notation of the remote computer. Maybe a query that says give me all crossref objects where the netbiosname attribute is not null would do the trick. In most cases the default netbios domain name is the leftmost label in the dns domain name up to the first 15 bytes netbios names have a limit of 15 bytes.

For pan os 7 0 and later the domain can be configured under device user identification group mapping settings. The second option dom domain is used to associate the computer with a netbios domain name. A quick tutorial on finding your domains dns and netbios name. The lmhosts file is.

The latter case is only useful for active directory domains and results in a dns query for the srv rr entry matching ldap tcp domain. To find a domain controller in domain fabrikam the client either sends a netbios name query for fabrikam 1c to the wins server or broadcasts for fabrikam 1c record. For pan os 6 1 and earlier the domain value is configured under device server profiles ldap and should reflect the netbios domain name of the server.

On a windows server with active directory domain services or remote server administration tools installed open your start menu and select run.