I can't connect to machines/shares by NetBIOS names. Below is console output showing the problem.
C:\>nbtstat -n
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.100] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
BEAST <00> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
BEAST <20> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered
C:\>nbtstat -A 192.168.1.3
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.100] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
BRCLAPTOP <00> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
BRCLAPTOP <20> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered
MAC Address = 00-1C-BF-14-B8-6E
C:\>ping beast
Pinging beast [fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11: time<1ms
Ping statistics for fe80::59b8:179f:b90b:a63f%11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\>ping brclaptop
Ping request could not find host brclaptop. Please check the name and try again.
C:\>nbtstat -a brclaptop
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.100] Scope Id: []
Host not found.
This problem may be occured by your workgroup. have you installed a DNS on your brclaptop to make a domain group for your local network. On my site this is working fine by using domain group. I am not sure but I hope this help you some.
If I recall correctly, you cant connect to bios names from a different domain/workgroup, only the ip address.