Q151630 - Internet Explorer May Fail on LAN Manager/Windows 3.1 Clients

Internet Explorer May Fail on LAN Manager/Windows 3.1 Clients

Q151630

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51
Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 for Windows 3.1
Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11
Microsoft LAN Manager, version 2.2c

SYMPTOMS

Internet Explorer (IE) version 2.0 can be installed on Windows 3.1 client with LAN Manager version 2.2c plus TCP/IP Utility IP Stack and Sockets.dll dialer. However, it fails to resolve hosts names to IP addresses via DNS/DNR. The numeric IP address on the URL works fine.

The \Lanman.dos\Etc\Hosts file can be used and works for host name resolution.

NOTE: Both DNS/DNR and socket are activated in LAN Manager.

CAUSE

RESOLUTION

Use the numeric IP address instead of the HostName in the URL; for example, http://198.105.232.5 instead of http://www.microsoft.com or use HOSTS file.

KBCategory: kbenv
KBSubcategory: iisconfig

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