Which of these commands would be the best choice to provide the Windows name of a remote device at 192.168.1.6?
A) ping 192.168.1.6
B) netstat -a 192.168.1.6
C) net use f: \\192.168.1.6
D) nbtstat -A 192.168.1.6
E) tracert 192.168.1.6
F) Just yell really loudly
The answer: D) nbtstat -A 192.168.1.6
The nbtstat command provides a NetBIOS information about a device, and you can reference the device by IP address with -A or by ip address with the -a flag.
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