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+This is a command-line tool that scans for open NETBIOS nameservers
+on a local or remote TCP/IP network, and this is a first step in
+finding of open shares. It is based on the functionality of the
+standard Windows tool nbtstat, but it operates on a range of
+addresses instead of just one.