Q150144: Multihomed Client Fails to Refresh Registration with WINS

Article: Q150144
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.51
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51 
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SYMPTOMS
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A multihomed WINS client may fail to refresh its registration with a WINS server
if the client is configured to register with the same WINS server for each
network adapter card.

MORE INFORMATION
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A multihomed computer is one with multiple network cards and/or IP addresses
bound to NetBIOS over TCP/IP. A multihomed WINS client with multiple IP
addresses can register one or more addresses by sending one address at a time in
a multihomed registration packet. A multihomed name in a WINS database can have
one or more addresses.

If a multihomed client is configured to register with the same WINS server for
each network adapter card, the client may fail to send a name-refresh request to
the WINS server asking to renew its registration. Eventually, the WINS server
will time out the multihomed name and scavenge it from the WINS database.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51 We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


Additional query words: 3.50 multihome renew refresh

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS351search
Version           : 3.51

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