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DNS with "WINS Reverse Lookup" Fails with Multiple IP Addresses

Article ID: 162842

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

This article was previously published under Q162842

SYMPTOMS

When you use NSLOOKUP to perform reverse lookup using a Windows NT 4.0 Domain Name Service (DNS) server that has a network adapter with multiple IP addresses (and has a zone that has "Use WINS Resolution" enabled) you receive the following error:

[dns server] can't find IP address: Non-existent domain

CAUSE

By design NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) supports only one IP address per network interface card (NIC) adapter. It is possible to configure TCP/IP to have multiple IP addresses on a single NIC, but NetBT will only support the first address configured. For more information, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

ARTICLE-ID: 131641
TITLE : NetBT Supports One IP Address per NIC

MORE INFORMATION

For information about reverse lookup, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 154553
TITLE : Windows NT 4.0 DNS WINS Reverse Lookups Do Not Use WINS

Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB162842