Net Start Fails When TCP/IP is the Only Protocol

 Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
Article ID: Q114839
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11
  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups TCP/IP version 1.0a

SYMPTOMS

When you use TCP/IP as the only network protocol on a Windows for Workgroups 3.11 network installation (using the SETUP /N command), upon starting the computer, when the NET START command is started and after seeing the banner for the TCP/IP driver successful load you may receive the following message: 

   ERROR 7361: IPX or NetBIOS must be running in order to load the network
   services.

CAUSE

When you install Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in network mode, network functionality is enabled by default so that the real mode full redirector loads and the following lines are added : 

   AUTOEXEC.BAT :

   NET START

   SYSTEM.INI / [Network]:

   AutoStart=FULL
The TCP/IP protocol needs to load several modules (UMB, TCPTSR, TINYRFC, NMTSR.EXE, EMSBFR.EXE) after the NDIS2 protocol binding and before the redirector load, and thus the error message.

WORKAROUND

Edit AUTOEXEC.BAT and replace the line 

   NET START
with: 

   NET START NETBIND
After the lines that load other modules needed by TCP/IP (UMB, TCPTSR, TINYRFC, NMTSR.EXE, EMSBFR.EXE) add one of the following lines: 

   NET START WORKSTATION

   -or-

   NET LOGON
This will correct the binding sequence of both TCP/IP and the redirector.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows for Workgroups version 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: wfw wfwg 3.11
KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: ntprotocol nttcp



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Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
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