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Q149818: WFW Cannot Log On To WinNT Domain across SMC Token Ring Switch

Article: Q149818
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11; winnt:3.5,3.51
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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Client computers running Microsoft Windows For Workgroups (WFW) and NWLINK on
the IPXODI Support Driver (Token Ring) and that are connecting to a Windows NT
domain controller across an SMC Elite Switch ES/1, will not be authenticated by
the domain. Instead, the following error message is displayed:

  No domain server was available to validate your password. You were logged on
  without password validation.

CAUSE
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The Token Ring switch changes the content of the Netlogon request packets that
the computer running WFW sends to the domain controller. As a result, the domain
controller does not recognize the Netlogon request and does not respond to it.


RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, use the NDIS driver for your Token Ring card
instead of the IPXODI Support Driver (Token Ring).

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11; winnt:3.5,3.51
Issue type        : kbprb

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