Ip address to NetBIOS/FQDN name in Java/Android

Question

given the ip address of a computer on the same network of my Android device, i have to find its NetBIOS/FQDN name ... is there any \"clean\" solution to accomplish this with the

Answer 1

Actually, the code provided by Tom does not work, this code works for me (with JCIFS lib.)

NbtAddress[] nbts = NbtAddress.getAllByAddress("IP ADDRESS AS STRING");
String netbiosname = nbts[0].getHostName();

returns NetBios device name as string if successful or throws UnknownHostException if target does not exist or has no NetBios name.