During the process of troubleshooting the network, you find an IP address in the log that you don’t recognize. Which of these commands would allow you to determine the name of a Windows workstation by querying its IP address?
A) NBTSTAT
B) PING
C) TRACERT
D) NETSTAT
The answer: A) NBTSTAT
The Windows NetBIOS over TCP Statistics application can provide extensive Windows session and name caching information about a remote device.
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PING with a “-a” switch will also resolve the workstation name
TRACERT will also resolve the workstation name