Using Built-in Microsoft NetBIOS Tools Objective: Learn to use the Microsoft Nbt

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Using Built-in Microsoft NetBIOS Tools

Objective: Learn to use the Microsoft Nbtstat, Net view, and Net use commands.

Description: In this activity, you look at the tools available for viewing NetBIOS services and shares. After using the Nbtstat command to discover a computer or server on a network that's sharing a resource, you can use the Net view and Net use commands to see whether any computers are sharing resources and possibly access those resources from your Windows computer.

1. Start your computer in Windows.

2. Right-click Start and click Explore. In the Start Menu window, click Local Disk (C:) and then click File on the menu bar, point to New, and click Folder. Name the new folder YourFirstName, and then click Enter.

3. Right-click the folder you just created and click Sharing and Security. In the Properties dialog box, click to enable the Share this folder on the network check box, and accept the share name by clicking OK.

4. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and click Command Prompt. In the command prompt window, type ipconfig and press Enter. Write down your IP address and tell it to your partner.

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5. Next, type net view \PartnersIPaddress and press Enter. What does the command produce as output? _______________________________________________________________________________

6. You use the Net use command to connect to a computer containing the shared folders or files. To see the information this command returns, type net use? and press Enter. Print the screen that you get as a result.

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7. 7. After reading the help screen, type net use \PartnersIPaddressPartnersSharedFolder. What are the results of this command? _______________________________________________________________________________

8. At the command prompt, type nbtstat -A PartnersIPaddress. What are the results of this command? _______________________________________________________________________________

9. At the command prompt, type exit and press Enter. Leave Windows running for the next activity.

Explanation / Answer

Hi,
Let me explain the command and their meaning to you,
1.Net view command displays a list of domains, computers, or resources that are being shared by the specified computer.
so when you use the command net view \PartnersIPaddress
o/p would be all the folders that are shared on your partners computer like below,

2.The net use is used to connect to, remove, and configure connections to shared resources, like mapped drives and network printers on a remote server
so when you use net use you get o/p like

Thumbs up if this was helpful, otherwise let me know in comments

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