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RAS Script with Set IPADDR May Fail with 3Com Defender Add-on

Article ID: 163214

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 Q163214

SYMPTOMS

When you use a script that modifies the dynamically assigned IP address with Dial-Up Networking to connect to a 3Com NetBuilder that is running Defender Security Add-on, the Dial-Up Networking client uses the initial PPP assigned IP address.

CAUSE

3Com Defender Security Add-on assigns a new IP address to the client that is connecting to it. While this negotiation occurs without a problem, the IP address that is returned by the "getip" function of the script is not put into the PPP IP address field by the "set ipaddr" function of the script.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt dun

Keywords: kbbug KB163214