Windows 98 Clients Not Registered with Dynamic DNS

ID: Q242000

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

SYMPTOMS

Computers running Windows 98 and participating in a Windows 2000 domain may not have their host names registered with the dynamic DNS server.

CAUSE

When requesting an Internet Protocol (IP) address from the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, Windows 98 clients send the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) option (code 81), which indicates that the client registers itself with the dynamic DNS server. However, Windows 98 clients do not actually register their host names with the dynamic DNS server. Instead, they must depend on the DHCP server to register their host name information with the dynamic DNS server.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date     Time     Version     Size     File name   Platform
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   9/8/99   4:00pm   4.10.2223   65,279   Vdhcp.386   Windows 98 Second Edition

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 98 Second Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

When you apply this hotfix, Windows 98 clients no longer send the FQDN option (code 81) when requesting an address from the DHCP server. The Windows 2000 DHCP server then registers the Windows 98 client's host name with the dynamic DNS server on behalf of the Windows 98 client computer.

When you apply this hotfix, Windows 98 clients behave as older clients as documented in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q191290 Description of How DHCP Integrates Dynamic DNS

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv win98 win98se
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug