Q120052: NBT Query Can Hang Computer or Drop Back to MS-DOS

Article: Q120052
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): 3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft TCP/IP-32 for Windows for Workgroups, version 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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Your computer running Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 with TCP/IP-32 network
protocol stops responding (hangs) or drops back to MS-DOS when the 32-bit
NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT) makes a query to the Domain Name Service (DNS).

CAUSE
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The buffer allocated for the DNS name query in 32-bit NBT is one byte too short.
The code that creates the DNS name query does not count the length byte of the
domain name and allocates a buffer that is one byte short.

RESOLUTION
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Microsoft has released a new file, VNBT.386, that corrects this problem.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in TCP/IP-32. This problem has been
corrected in an updated TCP/IP-32 version 3.11a. For information on the
availability of TCP/IP-32 3.11a, see article Q122544 in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base.

Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodtcp32 1.00 3.11 3.11a tcpip

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbTCPIPSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbTCPIP311
Version           : :3.11

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