Nbstat is a utility that displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP), which helps troubleshoot NetBIOS name resolution issues. Normally, name resolution is performed when NetBIOS over TCP/IP is functioning correctly. It does this through a local cache lookup, WINS or DNS server query or through LMHOSTS or hosts file lookup.

Availability

Nbtstat is an external command that is available for the following Microsoft operating systems as nbtstat.exe.

  • Availability

  • Syntax

  • Examples

  • Windows 98

  • Windows ME

  • Windows NT

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows XP

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 11

Syntax

nbtstat [ [-a RemoteName] [-A IpAddress] [-c] [-n] [-r] [-R] [-RR] [-s] [-S] [interval] ]

Options

Examples

nbtstat -A 204.224.150.3

Display the name table of IP address 204.224.150.3.

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