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Q276022: Windows 95 and Window 98 Client Fails to Use Multiple Firewall E

Article: Q276022
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): 2.11 (all versions),3.0 (all SP),4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDSupport sna4 kbsna400sp1 kbsna400sp2 kbsna400sp3 kbSNA400sp4fix kbSNA400PreSP4fix
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.11, 2.11 SP1, 2.11 SP2, 3.0 SP1, 3.0 SP2, 3.0 SP3, 3.0 SP4, 4.0, 4.0 SP1, 4.0 SP2, 4.0 SP3 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you configure the Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98 SNA Server
client to connect through a firewall by using a list of addresses, the SNA
Windows 95 or Windows 98 client may only connect to the first entry in the
firewall registry entries.

CAUSE
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The SNA Server client is not searching beyond the first entry in the following
registry entry:

  HKeyLocalMachine\Software\Microsoft\SnaBase\Parameters\SnaTcp\FireWall\<list
  of firewall IP addresses>

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server 4.0. For
additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q215838 How to Obtain the Latest SNA Server Version 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information about firewall entries that are used with SNA, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q139508 Internet Firewall Support in SNA Server

Additional query words: Snacip sp1 sp2 sp3

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Keywords          : kbDSupport sna4 kbsna400sp1 kbsna400sp2 kbsna400sp3 kbSNA400sp4fix kbSNA400PreSP4fix 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch kbSNAServ211 kbSNAServ400 kbSNAServ211SP1 kbSNAServ211SP2 kbSNAServ300SP3 kbSNAServ300SP1 kbSNAServ400SP1 kbSNAServ400SP2 kbSNAServ400SP3 kbSNAServ300SP2 kbSNAServ300SP4
Version           : :2.11 (all versions),3.0 (all SP),4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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