Find machine name from IP address

did this on Windows XP

start with IP - can do tracert <ip_address>, sometimes this will give it to you. but other times, it will just give you the DHCP-given IPname, which doesn't help.

arp -a gives you a table of IP addresses to MAC addresses

nbtstat -A <ip_address>

Example output and explanation:

       NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table



   Name               Type         Status

---------------------------------------------

MIKE           <00>  UNIQUE      Registered

MUSHROOM       <00>  GROUP       Registered

MIKE           <03>  UNIQUE      Registered

MIKE           <20>  UNIQUE      Registered

MUSHROOM       <1E>  GROUP       Registered



MAC Address = 00-4F-49-05-8D-56

--------------------------------------------



Group names represent Workgroups and Domains

00 is the Workgroup

1E means that the machine is a potential master browser.



Unique names represent individual machines/users (and are unique)

03 is the Username 

00 is the Computername as a client

20 is the Computername as a server 

(Not only do computers have more than 640k, but they're both clients

and servers now too!!)



All this, and you get the MAC address too.

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Permission Required for remote control or access:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Client\Client Components\Remote Control -- set the Permission Required key to 1 for yes

This is normally updated every 23 hours by the SMS server.
To disable the update:
create a value named UpdateEnabled in the client's registry under \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS \Client\Client Components\Remote Control, and set the value to "no"

However, this will disable ALL updates, including software, so beware...



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