[jcifs] RE: NetBIOS adapter status request

[Michael B. Allen]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 07:33:11 -0500
"Glass, Eric" <eric.glass at capitalone.com> wrote:

> Sorry, I hit the send button a bit too quickly.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glass, Eric 
> > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:27 AM
> > To: 'jcifs at lists.samba.org'
> > Subject: NetBIOS adapter status request
> > 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I was messing around with NbtAddress.getMacAddress() -- I 
> > noticed that it seemed to work only in the case that the host 
> > was running the "Server" service

Well the "Server" service is the SMB server which is also the NBT server
so yes, that does need to be running.

> (had a <20> entry, I think). 

I don't think it has anything to do with what the type is.

> >  Otherwise, I would get:
> > 
> > Exception in thread "main" java.net.UnknownHostException: no 
> > name with type 0x00
> >  with no scope for host 10.60.38.202
> >         at 
> > jcifs.netbios.NbtAddress.getAllByAddress(NbtAddress.java:523)
> >         at nbttest.main(nbttest.java:10)

This is what you get when jCIFS just doesn't get an answer. There may
be a host that will answer if you provided a different type (hex code,
e.g. 0x20) or scope or a different IP but no one is answering with those
parameters thus the UnknownHostException.

> > 
> > running "nbtstat -a host"
> > 
> 
> To continue, running "nbtstat -a host" shows two entries of type <00>, a
> "unique" entry for the hostname and a "group" entry for the domain.  I can
> connect to several other boxes just fine, and the common thread seems to be
> that all working hosts have a <20> entry (running the file sharing service).
> Is this a jCIFS limitation?  Is nbtstat doing something different to
> successfully connect to the hosts without sharing enabled?

I'd need a packet capture to be able to tell. Capture a nbtstat -a
working and jCIFS failing and look at the difference. I've never had a
problem stating NT 4.0. Maybe it's a W2K or XP thing?

Mike

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