NetBIOS name in shared column?

Can anyone explain why my G5's NetBIOS name (WINS) shows up on the shared column when I am logged on to my powerbook or IMAC (both wireless)? The G5 is connected to the Airport Extreme via ethernet.
Just updated several days ago to 10.5.1 and this just started the other day. Annoying to see that odd name there in the finder window under shared....
Must have something to do with the ethernet since this does not ocur with the wireless computers

My flat mate's Mac mini also shows its netbios name on the network when viewing from my iMac. Can't seem to find out how to get it to go away! Mine does not however show up on his. We both have AFP and SMB enabled.

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Hi,
We can use the active directory rename tools to rename domain NetBIOS name. But it is a complex and risky process.
For more information about how to use random.exe to rename domain name, please refer to the following article:
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Is it possible, via Terminal, to set the Netbios name of a system to the computer's current name as set in the Sharing panel? I have a ton of computers to configure, and this would make my job much faster.
Regards, Andrew.

Hi,
the actual computer name is stored in a system variable named HOSTNAME. Just type echo $HOSTNAME to retrieve that value:
---------------snip-------------
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Where does this name come from? And can I (safely) change it in System Prefs?
When I look on the *Network > Ethernet > Advanced > WINS* tab there is greyed-out name in the *NetBIOS Name* field. Where does this name come from? It does not match the Computer Name that I entered in *System Prefs > Sharing.*
I have an all-Mac network, running OS X on each Mac (10.6, 10.5, 10.4, 10.3) and a Verizon Actiontec MI424WR Rev C router. Does the router hand out the NetBIOS name along with the IP address when the Mac logs on to the network?
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new
new-host
new-host-3
new-host-4
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It appears to be the DNS name associated with your IP address.
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But my NetBIOS name is BHARRIS-MAC, which happens to be the DNS name associated with my fixed IP address (this is managed by my company's IT group).
So if this is most likely being handled by your DNS server, which many times your home router when your IP address is assigned via DHCP. If not, then it is most likely whatever DNS server you have specified.
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We have a VPN setup on our Mikrotik RouterBoard 532 for a number of employees running Windows 7 Pro laptops. Unfortunately the Mikrotik is maintained by our ISP so I don’t have access to it, but I can call them to make changes. Anyhow, I do not believe it
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(some of them do that), then it will cause issues.
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