Resolve NetBIOS Names via Samba >= 4.4

Through StackExchange, we know how to configure Linux to resolve NetBIOS names with older versions of Samba, and I have configured my system in those ways. (I have installed winbind , configured my /etc/nsswitch.conf correctly and confirmed my changes , including disabling the NSCD on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.) But now, with Samba 4.4 and later, the Samba developers have opted to require winbind to be running for WINS resolution since they have changed the execution path for WINS queries. If I include either of wins and winbind in my /etc/nsswitch.conf file, my name resolution fails without the winbind dæmon running, like the Samba page implies will happen. But, even running the winbind service, my name queries that would succeed previously (with earlier versions of Samba) are failing, though nmblookup returns successfully. How do I need to configure my client system such that host queries can resolve NetBIOS names with Samba 4.4 and greater? In end-result terms, running Samba 4.4 or later in Linux, how can I ping a Windows machine by its name without DNS? To clarify: I have a setup working in Samba 4.2. If I upgrade to Samba 4.4, 4.5, or 4.6, maintaining the same settings, name resolution stops working. If I then downgrade back to Samba 4.2, name resolution works again. Other than ensuring the running of the winbind dæmon, what else do I need to do differently with these new versions of Samba?