Remote MMC Does Not Display All IP Addresses

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If you run the MMC from a remote computer, the new Web site wizard does not enumerate all of the IP addresses of the destination server (it returns "Any Unassigned" and the IP of the destination computer only). If you run the wizard locally, all IP addresses are shown.

CAUSE

This is by design. You cannot query the IP addresses of a remote computer using the MMC interface. This information is simply not provided by the operating system. A remote registry query enumerates the static IP addresses, but not the dynamic IP addresses. There are also firewall concerns involved that prevent this from functioning properly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0.

Additional query words:

Keywords : prodNT4OP
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug