samba - Sep 2016 - Ubuntu, ping host by its NetBios name (Samba from sources) !

I have built from sources Samba4 4.4.4 version operation at Ubuntu 14.04
x64.
There are three daemons are started: nmbd, smbd, winbindd.

I excluded 'dns' from /etc/nsswitch.conf, 'host' line and added
'wins' .
When I try ping some of Lan host by NetBios, I get ping: unknown host
xxxxxx.

So, how is to make possible to ping host at Ubuntu 14.04 by NetBios name
which can be resolved by broadcast and if this type of resolving doesn' t
do resolution, then switch to Samba4 wins ?

On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 23:09:05 +0300
"CpServiceSPb . via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> I have built from sources Samba4 4.4.4 version operation at Ubuntu
> 14.04 x64.
> There are three daemons are started: nmbd, smbd, winbindd.
> 
> I excluded 'dns' from /etc/nsswitch.conf, 'host' line and
added
> 'wins' . When I try ping some of Lan host by NetBios, I get ping:
> unknown host xxxxxx.
> 
> So, how is to make possible to ping host at Ubuntu 14.04 by NetBios
> name which can be resolved by broadcast and if this type of resolving
> doesn' t do resolution, then switch to Samba4 wins ?
I don't think what you are trying to do will work and I also don't
think you need to do it. You are trying to ping by the machines netbios
name using wins, the machine netbios name is also the machines
hostname, so by replacing 'wins' with 'dns' the ping will work,
so why
bother?

Rowland

> I don't think what you are trying to do will work and I also don't 
> think you need to do it. You are trying to ping by the machines 
> netbios name using wins, the machine netbios name is also the machines 
> hostname, so by replacing 'wins' with 'dns' the ping will
work, so why
> bother?

Some of hosts in my network I need to resolve are not presented and in 
my Dns server and not to be added to Dns, as following, it will not able 
to be resolved.
I need that hosts would be resolved at Ubuntu either using broadcast or 
using wins.
The same as Windows behaviour: DNS, NetBIOS lookup, WINS, etc.
And if Dns resolving are failed, NetBIOS lookup or WINS is engaged.

CperviceSpb