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Which of these commands will display NetBIOS names from SERVER1?

A) netstat -A server1

B) nbtstat -n server1

C) nbtstat -a server1

D) ipconfig -A server1

E) nbstat -a server1

F) I think my keyboard needs a vacation


The answer: C) nbtstat -a server1

The nbtstat command with the lowercase -a option will query a hostname. Using the uppercase -A option allows you to query a device by IP address.

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