DOCUMENT:Q128335 06-FEB-2002 [winnt] TITLE :IPX Subnet Clients Unable to Connect to Windows NT PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER::3.11,3.5 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 - Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When IPX clients from a subnet attempt to connect to a server, the following error message appears: DOS error 53 - name not found CAUSE ===== This problem occurs if the connection request originates from a client whose IPX four byte network number contains 06 in the second byte. The server responds with a name recognized to a FindName Query from any other network excluding the range mentioned above. When the NBIPX portion of the code receives the frame, it checks certain frame properties. If the second byte in the NBIPX header is 06, it assumes it is a session data frame. As a result, NameRecognize is not processed. The following is a sample FindName frame that does not get a response: NOTE: TransmissionControl is set to 1 (indicating 1 hop). Second byte in the NBIPX header contains 00 06. The network number in the IPX header (x6112) is not the same in the NBIPX portion. This is a modified FindName frame that was transmitted on the wire using Network Monitor. USER1STA *BROADCAST NBIPX Find Name USER101 <00> ETHERNET: 802.3 Length = 98 IPX: NetBIOS Packet - 6112.08002B314A12.455 -> 0.FFFFFFFFFFFF.455 - 1 Hops IPX: Checksum = 65535 (0xFFFF) IPX: IDP Length = 80 (0x50) IPX: Transport control = 1 (0x1) IPX: Packet type = WAN Broadcast IPX: Destination Address Summary 0.FFFFFFFFFFFF.455 IPX: IPX Address = 00000000.FFFFFFFFFFFF IPX: Destination Net Number = 0 (0x0) IPX: Destination Socket Number = NetBIOS IPX: Source Address Summary 6112.08002B314A12.455 IPX: IPX Address = 00006112.08002B314A12 IPX: Source Net Number = 24850 (0x6112) IPX: Source Socket Number = NetBIOS IPX: Data: Number of data bytes remaining = 50 (0x0032) NBIPX: Find Name USER101 <00> NBIPX: Routing Info NBIPX: Routing information = 393216 (0x60000) NBIPX: Routing information = 0 (0x0) NBIPX: Routing information = 0 (0x0) NBIPX: Routing information = 0 (0x0) NBIPX: Routing information = 0 (0x0) NBIPX: Routing information = 0 (0x0) NBIPX: Routing information = 0 (0x0) NBIPX: Routing information = 0 (0x0) NBIPX: Name type flag NBIPX: 0....... = Unique Name NBIPX: .0...... = Name not used NBIPX: .....0.. = Name not Registered NBIPX: ......0. = Name not Duplicated NBIPX: .......0 = Name not Deregistered NBIPX: Data stream type 2 = Find Name NBIPX: Name = USER101 <00> NBIPX: Data: Number of data bytes remaining = 1 (0x0001) 00000: FF FF FF FF FF FF 08 00 2B 31 4A 12 00 54 E0 E0 ........+1J..T.. 00010: 03 FF FF 00 50 01 14 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF ....P........... 00020: FF 04 55 00 00 61 12 08 00 2B 31 4A 12 04 55 00 ..U..a...+1J..U. 00030: 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00050: 01 4D 4F 48 41 4B 30 31 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .USER101 00060: 00 00 .. Source: private\ntos\tdi\isn\nb\Receive.c routine nbireceive() if((PacketSize >= sizeof(NB_CONNECTION)) && (NbFrame->Connection.Session.DataStreamType== NB_CMD_SESSION_DATA)) { NbiProcessSessionData(); } else { <BR/><BR/> if (NbFrame->Connectionless.IpxHeader.PacketType == 0x14) { DataStreamType= NbFrame->Connectionless.NameFrame.DataStreamType2; } else { DataStreamType= NbFrame->Connectionless.NameFrame.DataStreamType; ..... Debugging info: Setting a break point at nwlnknb!_NbiReceive and stepping thro thro the code when it hits the break point: fcd975f1 8b4c2418 mov ecx,[esp+0x18] fcd975f5 6681791c0455 cmp word ptr [ecx+0x1c],0x5504 <<NB_SOCKET fcd975fb 8bec mov ebp,esp fcd975fd 0f85b7000000 jne nwlnknb!_NbiReceive+0xca (fcd976ba) fcd97603 a138bbd9fc mov eax,[nwlnknb!_NbiDevice (fcd9bb38)] fcd97608 ff804c040000 inc dword ptr [eax+0x44c] fcd9760e 8b4524 mov eax,[ebp+0x24] fcd97611 83f830 cmp eax,0x30 << check for size of frame fcd97614 7224 jb nwlnknb!_NbiReceive+0x4a (fcd9763a) Problem occurs here !! fcd97616 80791f06 cmp byte ptr [ecx+0x1f],0x6 <<sessiondata ??? fcd9761a 751e jnz nwlnknb!_NbiReceive+0x4a (fcd9763a) fcd9761c 50 push eax fcd9761d ff7520 push dword ptr [ebp+0x20] fcd97620 ff751c push dword ptr [ebp+0x1c] fcd97623 51 push ecx fcd97624 ff7514 push dword ptr [ebp+0x14] fcd97627 ff7510 push dword ptr [ebp+0x10] fcd9762a ff750c push dword ptr [ebp+0xc] fcd9762d ff7508 push dword ptr [ebp+0x8] fcd97630 e8171e0000 call nwlnknb!_NbiProcessSessionData WORKAROUND ---------- To work around this problem, use an IPX network number that does not have 06 as the second byte in the network number. STATUS ------ Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. 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: 3.50 nwlink nwnblink prodnt find name recognize ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW311 Version : :3.11,3.5 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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