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 nbstatus(LM)                  06 January 1993                   nbstatus(LM)


 Name

    nbstatus - get information about NetBIOS

 Syntax


    nbstatus [-n NetBIOSname] [[-a] [name ...] | -s]


 Description

    The nbstatus command allows you to get status directly from NetBIOS.  For
    a local machine, nbstatus returns NetBIOS ``adapter'' status and NetBIOS
    session status information.  For a remote machine, nbstatus returns Net-
    BIOS adapter status only.  Much of this information is not relevant to
    the typical LAN Manager user.  This utility is recommended for use in de-
    veloping network applications to check for erroneous information.

    For a detailed description of the nbstatus output, refer to the
    Administrator's Guide.

    Three options are available:


    -n NetBIOSname     Returns information on the specified NetBIOS driver.
                        This option should only be used when more than one
                        NetBIOS driver is installed.  NetBIOSname can be
                        either the name of the NetBIOS or a numeric index
                        into the table of available drivers, i.e. 0 or 1.  If
                        NetBIOSname is omitted or if an invalid name or num-
                        ber is given, a list of valid names is displayed as
                        output.

    -s                  Returns NetBIOS session status information from the
                        local machine.

    [-a] [name ...]     Returns NetBIOS ``adapter'' status information for
                        the machine where the name(s) are registered.  If
                        name is local or if no name is specified, adapter
                        status is returned for the NetBIOS on the local ma-
                        chine.  If the name is remote, the adapter status of
                        the remote machine will be returned.  More than one
                        name can be specified.

    name ...            If name is specified without flags, then both session
                        and adapter status are returned for name if name is
                        local.  Only adapter status is returned when the name
                        specified without flags is remote.  More than one
                        name can be specified.

    If no options are specified, then both session and adapter status are
    returned for the local NetBIOS driver.

 Files

    /etc/nbstatus

 Notes

    To request the adapter status of a remote server, the name should be
    specified in all capital letters.  Also, some NetBIOS drivers do not
    respond to a request for remote adapter status.