How do I get the NetBIOS name of a machine from IP in C#?

Question

Given the IP address of a machine how do I get its NetBIOS name programmatically in C#? I know I can get it from the command line through "nbtstat -A ', but I'm looking for a better solution.

Answer 1

Check Using the Socket class to request the NetBios name of a device over UDP (scroll down).

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Answer 2

You could use winapi gethostbyaddr with type AF_NETBIOS.