[jcifs] JCIFS ignoring WINS properties and only performing broadcast requests

[Abhinay Mehta]

Hi all,

This is my test code:


    public static void main(String[] args) {
       jcifs.Config.setProperty( "jcifs.netbios.wins", "192.168.1.8" );
       jcifs.Config.setProperty("jcifs.resolveOrder", "WINS,DNS" );

       try {
          String hostName = 
UniAddress.getByName("192.168.1.10").getHostName();
          System.out.println("Host Name = " + hostName);
       } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
       }
    }


I am doing TCP DUMP and am seeing that only broadcast requests are being 
sent, why so?

I would very much appreciate it if someone could point me in the right 
direction.

I was reading UniAddress' source code and noticed that in UniAddress' 
getByName method there's a method call to isDotQuadIP, and as far as I 
can see, that method forces all IP address requests to perform broadcast 
requests. Is that right?

Thanks for any help people.

Regards,
Abs