Advanced Server Overview and Installation

Tools for special tasks Tools for NetBIOS

Product Manual U7613-J-Z815-6-76

7.2 Tools for NetBIOS

The following scripts are used for NetBIOS administration.

7.2.1 /var/opt/nbrfc/bin/findbrow

This tool helps you to find the Master Browser in a subnetwork for a given domain or

workgroup. If found, it lists the master browser’s name table.

In contrast to the PC tool of the same name, the UNIX findbrow command can locate a

Master Browser both within a local and remote subnetwork.

This is of benefit to the system administrator and to the support centers when searching for

errors.

The findbrow program is based internally on the NetBIOS nbtstat program and therefore

uses the same output format.

Syntax:

findbrow [ -b <broadcast_address> ] <name>

-b <broadcast_address>

Search within a certain remote subnetwork indicated by <broadcast_address>

given in dotted decimal notation.

The default is to search within all locally configured subnetworks as indicated

by nbconfig -i.

<name> The name of the domain or workgroup.

An example of program output is given below:

# ./findbrow -b 111.111.255.255 domain1