If you have access to a Windows system that has the same share as a mapped
drive...

   1. Open a command window.
   2. Enter *net use*.
   3. That will list the UNC path: \\server\share.
   4. From there you can *nslookup* to get the IP address of the share
   server.


On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 4:53 PM Howard White <hwh...@vcch.com> wrote:

> Guys,
>
> If I am on a local network where there is a SMB server with a share, I
> may browse that local network and find the connection.  Of course this
> is a Windows environment of which I speak and I need an IP address
> because I'm connecting through a VPN tool that doesn't share the network
> details through the tunnel.
>
> I do not expect to find said IP through the tunnel.  Well, thinking
> about it, maybe I could by connecting to the local linux server and
> trying to run nmap - if that linux server has nmap installed...
>
> I am going on site and yes, I shall have linux systems by which to parse
> the network.
>
> So when Windows offers a share to mount, they play their own little set
> of naming games - such is the nature of native SMB.  Just thought I'd
> ping the list and see if anyone else had that kind of opportunity and
> maybe some thoughts.
>
> Howard
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