From: fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com   
      
   This is easy in a domain, but the problem is peer-to-peer at home.   
      
   To get a list of computers in the network, this usually works:   
      
   NET VIEW /NETWORK   
      
   But sometimes computers don't show, even though they are running and can   
   be pinged.   
      
   After a DIR of a share on the other PC, then it usually appears in the   
   list.   
      
   So, that "wakes up" its server service or something. The computer is   
   already awake and not hibernating or sleeping.   
      
   But you need the computer name first before you can do the DIR, and   
   finding the name is the objective.   
      
   Know a reliable way to get computer names in a peer-to-peer network?   
      
      
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