RPC/TCP Connection Attempt Made Only to First Address
Article ID: 181799
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q181799
SYMPTOMS
In Windows NT 4.0 and prior versions, when an RPC
connection is attempted using protocol binding sequence ncacn_ip_tcp, if the
DNS returns a list of IP addresses for the target computer, the connection
attempt will only be made to the first IP address in the list. If that
connection attempt fails, the RPC connect will fail.
CAUSE
RPC only attempts to connect to the first IP address in the
list returned by the Windows Sockets gethostbyname() call.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest
service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server
Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view
the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT
4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition.
This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows
NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.
Additional query words: multihomed
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbapi kbbug kbfix kbnetwork kbqfe kbrpc KB181799