Microsoft KB Archive/170278

= Demand-dial Connection Fails with Event 20050 =

Article ID: 170278

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Routing and Remote Access Service Update for Windows NT Server 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q170278



SYMPTOMS
Your attempts to connect to a remote router are unsuccessful. In the event log of one the routers you get the following error. The error may be logged on the router making or receiving the call:

Event: 20050

Source: Router

Description: The user  connected to port has been disconnected because the computer could not be projected onto the network.

The Rasipcp.log file on this computer shows information similar to the following:

[158] 10:23:03: IPCP: ReconfigureTcpip(04878585 / ffffffff)...

[158] 10:23:03: IPCP: ReconfigureTcpip done(1214)

[158] 10:23:03: IPCP: ReconfigureTcpip=1214

The Ppp.log file on this computer will have the following error message:

[158] 10:23:03:071: Notifying IPCP of projection notification

[158] 10:23:03:071: RasIPCPProjectionNotification returned 1214

The logs on the other router do not indicate any errors.



CAUSE
This error is caused by one of the routers requesting a bad IP address. In this case, the router is requesting an address of 133.133.135.4 and the routers are using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.252. Using a mask of 252 results in the following configuration:

133.133.135.4 - Network ID

133.133.135.5 - First Host ID

133.133.135.6 - Second Host ID

133.133.135.7 - Subnet Broadcast ID

Therefore, the IP address being requested is a Network ID and not a Host ID. The same error will occur if the Subnet Broadcast ID (133.133.135.7) were requested.



RESOLUTION
Change the demand dial interface to request a valid Host Address or to use an IP address assigned by remote router.

Additional query words: rras

Keywords: kbinfo kbnetwork rras KB170278

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