Category Archives: Basic Commands

NBTSTAT

NBTSTAT.exe
Display protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP).
Syntax
   By Name
      NBTSTAT -a Remote_host_Name [options] [interval]
   By IP address
      NBTSTAT -A IP_address [options] [interval]
Key  -a   (adapter status) List the remote machine’s name table given its name
  -A   (Adapter status) List the remote machine’s name table given its IP address
  -c   (cache)          List NBT’s cache of remote [machine] names
                        and their IP addresses
  -n   (names)          List local NetBIOS names.
  -r   (resolved)       List names resolved by broadcast and via WINS
  -R   (Reload)         Purge and reloads the remote cache name table
  -S   (Sessions)       List sessions table with the destination IP addresses
  -s   (sessions)       List sessions table converting destination IP
                        addresses to computer NETBIOS names.
  -RR  (ReleaseRefresh) Send Name Release packets to WINS and then, starts Refresh
  interval              Redisplay selected statistics, pausing interval seconds
                        between each display. Press Ctrl+C to stop redisplaying
                        statistics.