> hi!
> I'm trying to get some info from other computers, I make ping to test that
> are powered on, then want to get netbios name and MAC. I get the dns name
> and get only first part as netbios (although this may be wrong,right?).
> Is there anyway to get netbios and mac of other computer?
> Thanks.

> You could use WMI to collect the information you want from a remote
> machine.  Look at the System.Management classes, and the
> Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WMI class.
>
> Here's an example of a VBScript that does something simliar, it's not
> too difficult to port this to VB.NET with the classes in System.Managment
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> On Error Resume Next
>
> Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &h10
> Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &h20
>
> strComputer = INputbox("Enter an IP address or ComputerName")
>
> WScript.Echo
> WScript.Echo "=========================================="
> WScript.Echo "Computer: " & strComputer
> WScript.Echo "=========================================="
>
> Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
> Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM
> Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration", "WQL", _
> wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly)
>
> For Each objItem In colItems
> WScript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption
> WScript.Echo "DatabasePath: " & objItem.DatabasePath
> WScript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
> WScript.Echo "DNSDomain: " & objItem.DNSDomain
> WScript.Echo "DNSHostName: " & objItem.DNSHostName
> strIPAddress = Join(objItem.IPAddress, ",")
> WScript.Echo "IPAddress: " & strIPAddress
> WScript.Echo "MACAddress: " & objItem.MACAddress
> WScript.Echo "TcpipNetbiosOptions: " & objItem.TcpipNetbiosOptions
> Wscript.echo "----------------------------------------------------"
> Next
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> XiScO wrote:
>> hi!
>> I'm trying to get some info from other computers, I make ping to test
>> that are powered on, then want to get netbios name and MAC. I get the dns
>> name and get only first part as netbios (although this may be
>> wrong,right?). Is there anyway to get netbios and mac of other computer?
>> Thanks.