Microsoft KB Archive/162842

= DNS with "WINS Reverse Lookup" Fails with Multiple IP Addresses =

Article ID: 162842

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162842



SYMPTOMS
When you use NSLOOKUP to perform reverse lookup using a Windows NT 4.0 Domain Name Service (DNS) server that has a network adapter with multiple IP addresses (and has a zone that has "Use WINS Resolution" enabled) you receive the following error:

[dns server] can't find IP address: Non-existent domain



CAUSE
By design NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) supports only one IP address per network interface card (NIC) adapter. It is possible to configure TCP/IP to have multiple IP addresses on a single NIC, but NetBT will only support the first address configured. For more information, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

ARTICLE-ID: 131641

TITLE : NetBT Supports One IP Address per NIC



MORE INFORMATION
For information about reverse lookup, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 154553

TITLE : Windows NT 4.0 DNS WINS Reverse Lookups Do Not Use WINS

Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB162842

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