[jcifs] How to list all computers in LAN?

[Christopher R. Hertel]

None of which I am aware, yet.

You are not the first to ask.

Note, however, that there is no mechanism (of which I am aware) to discover
SMB2 nodes on a LAN.

Chris -)-----

Andre Li wrote:
> Any Java implementation over SMB2?
> 
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> *From:* Christopher R. Hertel <crh at ubiqx.mn.org>
> *To:* Andre Li <ndrli at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* "jcifs at lists.samba.org" <jcifs at lists.samba.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:02 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [jcifs] How to list all computers in LAN?
> 
> Andre Li wrote:
>> Does that mean Samba is going to be phased out?
> 
> Huh?  Heck no!  Samba is more relevant than ever.
> 
> It means that the NBT transport is being phased out, as is the SMB/CIFS
> protocol.  SMB2 over naked TCP transport is where everything is heading.
> 
>> Meanwhile, I still want to use it. Is there any thing I can do to make
>> it work today?
> 
> The only way to make it work is to understand it, and then to understand it
> within the context of your network.  *If* your systems are all running the
> NBT transport *and* are configured to respond to broadcast name queries
> *and* at least one of the nodes on the LAN is running as a Local Master
> Browser, *then* your code might work.
> 
> As far as I can see, the code is correct.  It's broadcasting a name query
> for the special MSBROWSE name.  The problem is, it's not getting a response.
> 
> http://ubiqx.org/cifs/Browsing.html
> 
> Chris -)-----
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