Connecting to servers via IP

[Joel Hammer]

NO expert here on cross network stuff. I did that here at home for fun and
had to use a wins server. Someone has to tell you the ip of the netbios
name. Sometimes the DNS name is the same as the netbios name, and you might
be able to find the ip by asking the DNS for that name. If you can ping that
host with the netbios name, you might be able to do it.
I do not know if you can broadcast onto a another network.
Joel

On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 09:24:30AM +0000, Laurence Anderson wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 November 2001 11:31 pm, you wrote:
> > I think you have an odd combination of options.
> > When I try this, it goes right to the ip number, ignoring -L. However, if
> > the -L option is not present, the command fails.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > > I'm trying to list the shares on a server outside my subnet using the
> > > following command:
> > >
> > > smbclient -I 10.1.1.10 -L oemcomputer
> > >
> > > The computers IP is 10.1.1.10. Why does it go looking on broadcast for
> > > oemcomputer and not finding it instead of connecting to the IP like I
> > > told it?
> 
> It is a weird combination, but basically I want to see all the shares 
> available on a computer not on my network. Thats why I was using the -L 
> option, which needs the name of the computer.
> 
> Another question - If I have the NetBIOS name of a computer on another 
> network how can I resolve it to an IP if there are no WINS servers? If I know 
> a host or master on that network can I ask that? I've been fiddling with 
> nmblookup with no luck!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Laurence
> 
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