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Questions tagged [wins-server]

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How to remotely find out a linux hostname without the use of DNS?

If I want to find out how the hostname of a remote linux machine on my LAN is, how can I achieve this given I don't have access via SSH etc.? Probably depends if linux is part of a WINS domain I suppose.
JohnnyFromBF
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On macOS, how do I get the IP address of a Windows machine on my local network?

I can connect to a Windows PC on my network for file sharing in Finder in the “Shared” section or with “Go > Connect to server…”, but how do I find out its IP address?
mystery
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Is there any reason to run a WINS server on a small network?

Is there any compelling reason to be concerned with running a WINS server on a small network? What applications require the ability to resolve LANMan and/or NETBios names?
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Connected to office via VPN. How to resolve computer names?

I'm using VPN Tracker to get an VPN connection to work. My problem, though, is that I have to use ip addresses to connect to 'in-office'-computers. How can I make my mac resolve computer names belonging the office-network? Thanks, -Vegar
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NetBIOS Name resolution fails when behind another router

On "PC3", Windows name resolution fails like this. ping PC1 Ping request could not find host PC1. Please... ping 192.168.0.2 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 But if I remove "Router 2" and connect the line from "Router 1"…
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Network Drive with WINS server

I'm looking for a network drive with Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server. We're trying to support a software which uses WINS to connect to the server and store every data on that same computer/server. Is there such a thing as network drive…
Franz Noel
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setup netbios client in ubuntu 13.10

I have two laptops with ubuntu 13.10 x64 on them. I want both of them to be able to ping and mount one another via hostname or netbios name which is the same in my case. The computers are called gluk47-notebook and gluk47-pc (this is actually a 14''…
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What is the SIMPLEST way to setup two-way hostname resolution between Windows 7 Host and Ubuntu Linux VMWare Guest?

Starting from a clean Windows 7, I installed VMWare Player and then inside it I installed Ubuntu. Both OS's can ping each other by IP address, but hostnames won't resolve. What's the easiest way to fix that, other than hard-coding static IPs in…
Alex R
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