Microsoft KB Archive/151630

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Internet Explorer May Fail on LAN Manager/Windows 3.1 Clients

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Q151630

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 for Windows 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11
 * Microsoft LAN Manager, version 2.2c

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SYMPTOMS
Internet Explorer (IE) version 2.0 can be installed on Windows 3.1 client with LAN Manager version 2.2c plus TCP/IP Utility IP Stack and Sockets.dll dialer. However, it fails to resolve hosts names to IP addresses via DNS/DNR. The numeric IP address on the URL works fine.

The \Lanman.dos\Etc\Hosts file can be used and works for host name resolution.

NOTE: Both DNS/DNR and socket are activated in LAN Manager.

RESOLUTION
Use the numeric IP address instead of the HostName in the URL; for example, http://198.105.232.5 instead of http://www.microsoft.com or use HOSTS file.

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