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Name support commands
Name support commands allow the computer to be known by a name on the network.
A name can be a unique name or a group name on the network. The adapter checks
to see if a name is unique on an Add Name and returns an error if anyone else
is using the naem you want to add. When Add Group Name is used, the same name
can be added by many adapters on the network.

The number of names that each NETBIOS implementation can support varies. For
the maximum values, refer to the specific NETBIOS implementation that you are
using. A permanent node name is always present and consists of 10 bytes of
binary zeros followed by the unique adapter unit ID number. This permanent
node name is also unique on the network. You can find its value by issuing a
Status NCB for a local status by putting an asterisk (*) in the CALLNAME
field. Look at the first 6 bytes returned in the buffer specified. Append this
number to 10 bytes of binary zeros to make a total of 16 bytes for the
permanent node name. This permanent name does not show up as an entry in the
local name table returned by the NCB command, STATUS.

The Reset command deletes all names from the specified adapter with the
exception of the permanent node name.

Reserved names
Any name starting with an * in ASCII or hex 00 is reserved and cannot be added
or deleted.
Furthermore, it is not recommended that you use any name starting with IBM.