Testing from client side: When NBTSTAT requests are issued from \\Win2K, I can see UDP packets arriving on \\server (192.168.123.5) I can see see \\server replying to \\Win2k with ICMP messages indicating host unreachable. Snoop traces taken from \\server follow: 1. Trace of nbtstat call from \\win2k 2. Trace of nmblookup call from \\server --------------------------------------------------------------- This trace shows a client and server packet arriving and departing when NBTSTAT -A is executed: ****Client packet arrives: 08/07-01:45:06.151613 0:9:7C:5:16:ED -> 0:10:4B:9F:DF:F type:0x800 len:0x5C 192.168.123.192:137 -> 192.168.123.5:137 UDP TTL:128 TOS:0x0 ID:49785 IpLen:20 DgmLen:78 Len: 58 ^--- Note the use of 137 here. If I set nmblookup to use 137, it fails too (see example below) 82 5B 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 43 4B 41 .[.......... CKA 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 00 00 21 AAAAAAAAAAAAA..! 00 01 .. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ **** Server responds 08/07-01:45:06.151613 0:10:4B:9F:DF:F -> 0:9:7C:5:16:ED type:0x800 len:0x78 192.168.123.5 -> 192.168.123.192 ICMP TTL:255 TOS:0xC0 ID:32000 IpLen:20 DgmLen:106 DF Type:3 Code:3 DESTINATION UNREACHABLE: PORT UNREACHABLE ** ORIGINAL DATAGRAM DUMP: 192.168.123.192:137 -> 192.168.123.5:137 UDP TTL:128 TOS:0x0 ID:49785 IpLen:20 DgmLen:78 Len: 58 ** END OF DUMP =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ This trace shows a successful nmblookup executed from \\server : ***** Server sends packet: 08/07-01:49:46.361613 0:10:4B:9F:DF:F -> 0:9:7C:5:16:ED type:0x800 len:0x5C 192.168.123.5:1039 -> 192.168.123.192:137 UDP TTL:64 TOS:0x0 ID:0 IpLen:20 DgmLen:78 DF Len: 58 ^--- If I add the -r option in nmblookup, the port # will change to 137 as it is in first example above, and the lookup will fail like it does from Windows. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ **** Client responds 08/07-01:49:46.371613 0:9:7C:5:16:ED -> 0:10:4B:9F:DF:F type:0x800 len:0xFD 192.168.123.192:137 -> 192.168.123.5:1039 UDP TTL:128 TOS:0x0 ID:59352 IpLen:20 DgmLen:239 Len: 219 59 EF 84 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 20 43 4B 41 Y........... CKA 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 00 00 21 AAAAAAAAAAAAA..! 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 89 05 4D 42 4F 4D 42 45 54 .........MBOMBET 2D 57 32 4B 31 20 20 20 00 44 00 4D 42 4F 4D 42 -W2K1 .D.MBOMB 45 54 2D 57 32 4B 31 20 20 20 03 44 00 41 4D 45 ET-W2K1 .D.AME 52 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 C4 00 4D R ...M 42 4F 4D 42 45 54 2D 57 32 4B 31 24 20 20 03 44 BOMBET-W2K1$ .D 00 4D 42 4F 4D 42 45 54 2D 57 32 4B 31 20 20 20 .MBOMBET-W2K1 20 44 00 00 09 7C 05 16 ED 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D...|.......... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 D5 00 81 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 ... =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+