NBT Query Can Hang Computer or Drop Back to MS-DOS

ID: Q120052

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft TCP/IP-32 for Windows for Workgroups, version 3.11

SYMPTOMS

Your computer running Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 with TCP/IP-32 network protocol stops responding (hangs) or drops back to MS-DOS when the 32-bit NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT) makes a query to the Domain Name Service (DNS).

CAUSE

The buffer allocated for the DNS name query in 32-bit NBT is one byte too short.

Additional query words:

Keywords : nttcp
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Platform : WINDOWS
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