Network Client 3.0 Logon Fails On Token Ring

 Last reviewed: July 23, 1996
Article ID: Q151740
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Network Client version 3.0 for MS-DOS

SYMPTOMS

If the Network Client 3.0 for MS-DOS is configured to use NWLink (IPX) only on a token-ring network, user logons may not be validated by the Windows NT domain. When you attempt NET LOGON, the following message appears: 

   You were logged on, but have not been validated by a server.
   Therefore, you may not have permission to use some network
   resources.
Other network functionality is not affected.

CAUSE

Windows NT 3.51 servers enable source routing by default. The network client does not. Without source routing, when the client requests logon validation, the server responds, but the client ignores the server response.

RESOLUTION

To enable source-routing on the client, add the following entry to the [MS$NWLINK] section of the protocol.ini file: Source_Routing=16. The section for an IBM 16/4 ISA token-ring network interface card (NIC) is: 

     [MS$NWLINK]
     FRAME=TOKENRING
     DriverName=nwlink$
     BINDINGS=MS$IBMTR4
     Source_Routing=16

KBCategory:
KBSubcategory: ntdomain
Additional reference words: source routing token ring nwlink logon

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Last reviewed: July 23, 1996
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