PSS ID Number: 122313
Article Last Modified on 10/29/1999
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS 3.11
This article was previously published under Q122313
SYMPTOMS
After you install Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS with TCP/IP, the following message appears on startup:
CAUSE
This message appears when the protocols and network adapter drivers have not been bound because there is a configuration error in PROTOCOL.INI and AUTOEXEC.BAT.
RESOLUTION
Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT and PROTOCOL.INI files to properly bind TCP/IP to the network card.
Before you begin, you need the latest Real Mode Microsoft TCP/IP driver. For more information about downloading the file WFWTCP.EXE from any of Microsoft's electronic services, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
112578 Creating a Setup Disk for the Updated WFW 3.11 TCP/IP Drivers
When you have downloaded this file, run WFWTCP.EXE on a blank floppy disk to extract the necessary files.
Setup Instructions
- Start Setup for the Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS and during Setup, select Other Protocol, specifying the path to where you have extracted the files in WFWTCP.EXE (for example, A:\).
- When you have completed Setup (the message "Workgroup Add-On is now installed on your computer" appears), press F3 to quit Setup.
Edit C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT. It should contain, in order, the following lines:
C:\WRKGRP.DOS\net start NETBIND (previously just NET START) C:\WRKGRP.DOS\umb C:\WRKGRP.DOS\tcptsr C:\WRKGRP.DOS\tinyrfc C:\WRKGRP.DOS\nmtsr.exe C:\WRKGRP.DOS\emsbfr.exe C:\WRKGRP.DOS\NET START (you must add this line)
Edit PROTOCOL.INI from the path where you installed Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS. It should contain the following lines. Your own IP Address information will likely be different.
[protman] DriverName=PROTMAN$ PRIORITY=TCPIP (Changed from =MS$NDISHLP) [TCPIP] DefaultGateway0=22 101 0 1 (you must add this line) SubnetMask0=255 255 0 0 (you must add this line) IPAddress0=22 101 47 173 (you must add this line) NBSessions=6 (you must add this line) NetFiles=C:\WRKGRP.DOS (you must add this line)
To ensure that sockets support is configured correctly, edit the TCPUTILS.INI file from the path where you installed Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS. It should contain the following entries as well as what is there by default.
[TCPGLOBAL] username=<username> (supply the user name for <username>) NetFiles=<path> (supply the path for <path>, i.e. c:\net) hostname=<hostname> (supply the host name for this computer for <hostname>) drivername=GLOBAL$
- Save the changes to AUTOEXEC.BAT, PROTOCOL.INI, and TCPUTILS.INI and restart the computer.
Example Files
Please note that your directory structure, network card, and IP addresses will differ from those listed here. These files were created on a PC using an Intel EtherExpress 16/16TP running MS-DOS version 6.2 and the Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS, version 3.11, with Microsoft TCP/IP as the only protocol.
Example CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH FILES=30 SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /p DEVICE=C:\WRKGRP.DOS\IFSHLP.SYS LASTDRIVE=Z
Example AUTOEXEC.BAT
C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g PATH C:\DOS;C:\WRKGRP.DOS SET TEMP=C:\DOS C:\DOS\DOSKEY C:\WRKGRP.DOS\net start NETBIND C:\WRKGRP.DOS\umb C:\WRKGRP.DOS\tcptsr C:\WRKGRP.DOS\tinyrfc C:\WRKGRP.DOS\nmtsr.exe C:\WRKGRP.DOS\emsbfr.exe C:\WRKGRP.DOS\NET START
Example PROTOCOL.INI
[network.setup] version=0x3110 netcard=ms$ee16,1,MS$EE16,1 transport=tcpip,TCPIP lana0=ms$ee16,1,tcpip [MS$EE16] TRANSCEIVER=Twisted-Pair (TPE) IOCHRDY=Late IOADDRESS=0x310 IRQ=3 DriverName=EXP16$ [protman] DriverName=PROTMAN$ PRIORITY=TCPIP [TCPIP] DriverName=TCPIP$ BINDINGS=MS$EE16 LANABASE=0 DefaultGateway0=22 101 0 1 SubnetMask0=255 255 0 0 IPAddress0=22 101 47 173 NBSessions=6 NetFiles=C:\WRKGRP.DOS
Example TCPUTILS.INI
[tcpglobal] drivername=GLOBAL$ [sockets] drivername=SOCKETS$ bindings=TCPIP_XIF numsockets=4 numthreads=32 poolsize=3200 maxsendsize=1024 [telnet] drivername=TELNET$ bindings=TCPIP_XIF nsessions=0 max_out_sends=0
Example SYSTEM.INI
[network] filesharing=yes printsharing=yes autologon=yes computername=MYPC lanroot=C:\WRKGRP.DOS username=MYUSERID workgroup=THEWRKGRP reconnect=yes dospophotkey=N lmlogon=1 logondomain=THEDOMAIN preferredredir=full autostart=full,,server maxconnections=8 directhosting=no
NOTE: If the parameter "DIRECHOST=NO" is used instead of "DIRECTHOSTING=NO", then the error "Internal Error 1" will result.
[network drivers] netcard=exp16.dos transport=tcpdrv.dos,nemm.dos devdir=C:\WRKGRP.DOS LoadRMDrivers=yes [386Enh] device=vsockets.386 device=vbapi.386 TimerCriticalSection=5000 UniqueDosPSP=TRUE PSPIncrement=2
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Workgroup Add-On for MS- DOS, version 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
For a related article regarding Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 and the real mode TCP/IP protocol as the only protocol, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
114839 Net Start Fails When TCP/IP is the Only Protocol
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