September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
88h 3m
English
book
Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
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Understanding NetBIOS Client Resolution and the LMHOSTS File
A Windows client does not immediately resort to a WINS server to determine the IP address of a NetBIOS name. This knowledge is essential in the troubleshooting of name resolution on a Windows client. Instead, a client first accesses its local NetBIOS cache for resolution. If an IP address changes, this cache might report the old address, impeding troubleshooting. To flush this cache, run nbtstat -R (with an uppercase R) at the PowerShell command line.
In addition to the local cache, clients by default always parse an LMHOSTS file, if one exists, before contacting a WINS server. If the LMHOSTS file contains erroneous information, it will impede proper name resolution. Always check to ...
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