Configuring Network Client for Validation Across Routers

 Last reviewed: February 19, 1996
Article ID: Q128350
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS, version 3.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

To allow a computer running Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS to be validated by a primary domain controller (PDC) across a router:

  1. Run Network Client for MS-DOS Setup and install TCP/IP.

  2. Make sure that the following entries are present in the [Network] section of the SYSTEM.INI file located in the Network Client for MS-DOS subdirectory (typically C:\NET): 

          lmlogon=1
      logondomain=<Your domain name>

  3. Add the following to the LMHOSTS file in the Network Client for MS-DOS subdirectory: 

          <IP address>     <PDC NetBIOS name>     #DOM:<Domain name>

   NOTE: The #PRE command should not be used in the LMHOSTS file for
   Network Client for MS-DOS. Any command following the #PRE command
   is ignored. For example, if you add #PRE in front of
   #DOM:<Domain name>, #DOM: <Domain name> is ignored.

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubCategory: ntinterop
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50 3.00 nc msclient winnt

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Last reviewed: February 19, 1996
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