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Q200211: DUN Clients Do Not Receive DNS Domain Name over RAS/RRAS

Article: Q200211
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): WINDOWS:95,98; winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows 98 
- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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RAS or DUN clients are unable to resolve friendly host names. The user must
define/use the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the resource.

CAUSE
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The client does not have the domain name configured in its TCP/IP properties.

RAS or RRAS use Point to Point Protocol (PPP) Internet Protocol Control Protocol
(IPCP), which is defined in RFC (Request for Comments) 1877 to provide name
server (DNS server) and NetBIOS name server (NBNS) or WINS server IP addresses
to the RAS client. RAS or RRAS do not support DHCP forwarding. Additionally,
PPP-IPCP does not support this either.

When an RAS/RRAS server is configured to either use DHCP or a static pool for
addresses, it follows the information found in the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q160699 Understanding DHCP IP Address Assignment for RAS Clients

Only the IP address of the primary and secondary DNS and/or NBNS WINS is
negotiated with the PPP client.

MORE INFORMATION
================

Future releases of Windows server operating systems will be able to pass DNS
domain names to RAS clients through a DHCP inform packet after the PPP and IPCP
have converged. Additional information will be available for this procedure upon
the next release of Windows server.


REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q139904 How to Configure Your DHCP Server Scope

  Q187742 Methods of Setting DHCP Options

Cobb, S., "PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol Extensions for Name Server
Addresses", RFC 1877, Microsoft Corporation, December 1995


Additional query words: resolution append win98x win95x

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWin95search kbWin98search kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin98
Version           : WINDOWS:95,98; winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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