Can I solve IP address query 'Netbios' name of Windows computer from Yosemite?
I have both Windows and OS X clients on the same network and I'd like to reach Windows pc by computer name.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Does Go menu > Connect to Server > Browse show the Windows computer(s)?
I don't use this, but...
In the Terminal, type man smbutil, to see if it does what you want.
On Yosemite in the Terminal. (also, see man smbutil)
Get Workgroup and NetBIOS name from ip address:
smbutil status ip-address
Get ip address of NetBIOS name:
smbutil lookup name
My scope is to run remote desktop client to windows pc referencing "pc name" because my router assign dynamic ip address.
Given the ip address of that remote PC, you can get its name from the following:
smbutil status nnn.nnn.nnn.nnnn | awk '!(NR%3) {print $2}'
Basically the smbutil status command returns three lines of output. To awk these are records (NR). The modulo of the third record will be zero, so we are saying ignore all lines of output from smbutil status unless it matches the third line. Then we print the second field of that record which is the NetBIOS hostname at that IP address. Now you can supply the obtained NetBIOS name to RDC.
Ok, but I have to type ip address every time into RDP software to indicate the client and I cannot keep logic name of computer because first usb resolved.
Or you know method to invoke RDP software by command line ? I can build bash script to run my link on desktop. What do you think?
This Apple Stack Exchange post introduces discussions on how to get and use CoRD to open Microsoft RDC sessions from the Terminal (or with a bash script). I believe there is sufficient information between these two posts to get you to your solution.
netbios name resolution
