Re: 2 PCs not visible in net view or network browsing - Why?

"Chupa" <chupa(makniovoixnakraju)@giotto.fsb.hx> wrote in message
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> i took a look and it suposed to be a p2p kind of
> software that opened to many connections to my
> machine.. there is a patch that fixes this issue,
> but i havent tried it yet..
>
> p.s.
>
> i tried browstat /domain xxxx
>
> and got srange long string that should be my

Most of the "strange long names" are protocol names.

They are just an annoyance when you type them if that
is what you mean.

The 16 characters names (counting the ending HEX codes
as ONE CHARACTER) are NetBIOS names.

ALL NetBIOS names are really 16 characters. (Really)

> master browser, how can i translate these numbers
> into DNS name?

Into DNS name? Unless it is a machine name or
domain name there really isn't any obvious "translation."

Machine names in NetBIOS get padded to "15 characters
with space" and a 16th "code" is added. These codes
can be found on the Microsoft web site.

Look up something like (in Google):

[ lmhosts "master browser" netbios names site:microsoft.com ]

(LMhosts because one of the main reasons people NEED the
codes is to hand build such files -- mostly in the 'old days'.)



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