[EDIT]I have noticed after posting that the nbtstat returns WORKGRP for type GROUP instead of domain name.(Added the copy below in the original text) Why does nslookup returns the answer as if the printer is in the domain?
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Hello,
Since I am not network engineer, all your professional advice will be very much appreciated.
My questions is this network printer returns the following results from nbtstat and nslookup, however there’s NO entry on Forward Lookup Zone. (Or cache etc entirely as far as I searched)
Where could it possibly be registered?
-Printer name: printer_a
-IP address: 10.220.110.160
-Domain: MyDomain
>nbtstat –a printer_a
NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
Name Type Status
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printer_a <00> UNIQUE Registered
printer_a <20> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
MAC Address = xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
>nbtstat –a 10.220.110.160
Returns NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
>nslookup –type=A –debug printer_a
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Got answer:
HEADER:
opcode = QUERY, id = 1, rcode = NOERROR
header flags: response, auth. answer, want recursion, recursion avail.
questions = 1, answers = 1, authority records = 0, additional = 0
QUESTIONS:
1.11.220.10.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
ANSWERS:
-> 10.220.11.1.in-addr.arpa
name = dcserver_x.MyDomain
ttl = 600 (10 mins)
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Server: dcserver_x.MyDomain
Address: 10.220.11.1
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Got answer:
HEADER:
opcode = QUERY, id = 2, rcode = NOERROR
header flags: response, auth. answer, want recursion, recursion avail.
questions = 1, answers = 1, authority records = 0, additional = 0
QUESTIONS:
printer_a.MyDomain, type = A, class = IN
ANSWERS:
-> printer_a.MyDomain
internet address = 10.220.110.160
ttl = 900 (15 mins)
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Name: printer_a.MyDomain
Address: 10.220.110.160