Microsoft KB Archive/154146

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Error Message: Unable to Negotiate a Dial-In Connection...

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Q154146

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 2.01, 3.0, 3.01, 3.02a for Windows 3.1

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SYMPTOMS
When you are trying to use the Dialer tool included with Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1 to connect to a Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Remote Access Service (RAS) server requiring a domain account, you receive the following error message:

Unable to negotiate a dial-in connection (timeout)

CAUSE
The Dialer tool and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack included with Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1 cannot interpret the domain validation phase of the Windows NT RAS login process.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a limitation of the Dialer tool included with Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 2.01

Keywords : kb3rdparty kberrmsg kbnetwork msiew31

Issue type :

Technology : kbIEsearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbIE310Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbIE201Win310 kbIE300Win310 kbIE301Win310 kbIE302aWin310