NET0133 Error When Loading TINYRFC

ID: Q164174

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.2c
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11
Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When you load TINYRFC (which is part of the TCP/IP 1.0 stack for MS-DOS clients), you may get the following error:

NET0133: Badly Formed IP Address

CAUSE

This error is caused by a corrupt LMHOSTS file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, create a new LMHOSTS file or strip the corrupt entries out of the original LMHOSTS file. Quite often, the corruption can be stripped from the LMHOSTS file by simply deleting the End Of File (EOF) marker.

Additional query words: networking

Keywords : nttcp
Version : 2.2, 3.0,WFWG:3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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