Microsoft KB Archive/268155

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NetBIOS Name Resolution May Be Slow or Stop Working with Multiple Domain Suffixes to Search

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Q268155

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 1, 2, 2.1, 2.5

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SYMPTOMS
When you perform a NetBIOS name query on a computer, the query may be slow or may not work. This may cause you program or session to time out on the client computer.

CAUSE
This issue can occur if the following conditions exist:


 * You are trying to resolve a NetBIOS name.
 * The name exists in a different domain that the domain in which the querying computer is located.
 * Multiple domain-suffix search-order entries are specified in TCP/IP properties.

For example, assume that you are trying to ping a computer named Remote in the Name1.com domain and that your computer is located in the Name2.com domain. Windows attempts to resolve the NetBIOS name in the Name2.com domain only. Windows may then later be able to resolve the name when it queries the Name1.com domain by using the fully qualified domain name (FQDN); this may occur up to a few minutes after you start the query.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, download and install the Winsock 2 update for Windows 95. For additional information about how to download and install this update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q182108 Availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95" Additional query words: DNS

Keywords : osr2 kbWinsock kbWin95

Issue type : kbprb

Technology : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbWin95 kbWin95OPKOSR2 kbWin95OPKOSR25 kbWin95OPKOSR1 kbWin95OPKOSR210