NBTSTAT -c Command Output Contains a Period in the Name Column (280839)

SUMMARY

When you run the NBTSTAT -c command and the output looks similar to the following output, the the LMHOSTS file may have been incorrectly modified:

                  NetBIOS Remote Cache Name Table

        Name              Type       Host Address    Life [sec]
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    PDCNAME        <03>  UNIQUE          10.0.0.1            -1
    PDCNAME        <00>  UNIQUE          10.0.0.1            -1
    PDCNAME        <20>  UNIQUE          10.0.0.1            -1
    DOMAINNAME     <1C>  GROUP           10.0.0.1            -1
    DOMAINNAME    .<03>  UNIQUE          10.0.0.1            -1
    DOMAINNAME    .<00>  UNIQUE          10.0.0.1            -1
    DOMAINNAME    .<20>  UNIQUE          10.0.0.1            -1

                  ^
                  |
    (Period) -----|

MORE INFORMATION

Note that the output has the period in the Name column because of the following entry in the LMHOSTS file:

10.0.0.1        "Domainname    \0x1b"	#PRE
                 <--- 19 chars  --->

The following entry is the correct LMHOSTS entry:

10.0.0.1        "Domainname     \0x1b"	#PRE
                 <---  20 chars  --->

Format of the entry:

<IP address><tab>"DOMAINNAME  \0x1b" <tab> #PRE

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163409 NetBIOS Suffixes (16th Character of the NetBIOS Name)

180094 How to Write an LMHOSTS File for Domain Validation and Other Name Resolution Issues