DNS with "WINS Reverse Lookup" Fails with Multiple IP Addresses

ID: Q162842

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use NSLOOKUP to perform reverse lookup using a Windows NT 4.0 Domain Name Service (DNS) server that has a network adapter with multiple IP addresses (and has a zone that has "Use WINS Resolution" enabled) you receive the following error:

[dns server] can't find IP address: Non-existent domain

CAUSE

By design NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) supports only one IP address per network interface card (NIC) adapter. It is possible to configure TCP/IP to have multiple IP addresses on a single NIC, but NetBT will only support the first address configured. For more information, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

ARTICLE-ID: Q131641
TITLE : NetBT Supports One IP Address per NIC

MORE INFORMATION

For information about reverse lookup, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q154553
TITLE : Windows NT 4.0 DNS WINS Reverse Lookups Do Not Use WINS

Keywords : kbnetwork ntprotocol nttcp NTSrvWkst
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb