NT 4.0 Name Resolution

NetBIOS Name Resolution Commands... Net ..., \\UNC, Network Neighborhood, Logins, Domain Synchronization, Password Changes	Sockets/Hosts Name Resolution Commands... PING, Telnet, Tracert, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, POP3, SMTP, (Unix type commands)
1. NetBIOS Name Cache - You can query the cache using the command 'nbtstat -c'.	1. HOSTs file.
2. WINS (NetBIOS name server) if configured via the TCP/IP WINS tab.	2. DNS - if you added a DNS server to the DNS Search Order option.
3. Broadcast - 3 broadcasts	3. NetBIOS Name Cache - You can query the cache using the command 'nbtstat -c'.
4. LMHosts -If configured via TCP/IP WINS tab. This is on by default.	4. WINS (NetBIOS name server) if configured via the TCP/IP WINS tab.
5. HOSTs file if you have chosen "Enable DNS for Windows Resolution".	5. Broadcast - 3 broadcasts
6. DNS - if you have chosen "Enable DNS for Windows Resolution".	6. LMHosts -If configured via TCP/IP WINS tab. This is on by default.
7. Failure - "System Error 53. The Network Path was Not Found."	7. Failure - "Bad IP address."

Note: Microsoft simply switches from host/socket resolution to NetBIOS resolution and vice versa after the first methodologies fail to resolve the name. If you identify the light blue as typical host name resolution methodologies, and the dark blue as NetBIOS name resolution methodologies, it makes this chart easier to remember.