June 14, 2009

How to find NetBIOS information and MAC address of a remote system using single command ?

You can retrieve NetBIOS information like NetBIOS Name, WORKGROUP, MAC address etc of a PC which is in your LAN without physical access from your desktop, You can retrieve these information using both Windows and Linux.

From Windows :
Command: nbtstat -a IPADDRESS

Go to command prompt and type nbtstat -a 192.168.10.11 then press enter.

Output
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C:\Users\Administrator>nbtstat -a 192.168.10.11


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From Linux :
Command "nmblookup -A IPADDRESS"

Go to a shell prompt and type nmblookup -A 192.168.10.11 then press enter.
Output:
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