3.1.4.2 Resolving a NetBIOS Name

The rules for resolving a NetBIOS name are unchanged from [RFC1002] section 5.1 and [HYBRID] except as follows.

A NetBIOS over TCP implementation MUST NOT enforce the use of the convention specified in section 1.8 and MUST support resolving a name starting with an asterisk (*).

For Node Types other than B, the list of NBNSs to use MUST first be constructed as specified in section 3.1.4.2.1.

Name queries MUST then be performed as specified in [RFC1002] section 5.1 and [HYBRID], except that instead of simply querying a single NBNS, each address in the NBNS Address List MUST be consulted in turn until one responds or the end of the list is reached.

If the end of the list of NBNS is reached, the Name Query will be processed against a local file LMHOSTS (see section 3.1.8) if ReadLMHostsFile is TRUE.