No "Advanced" button in Client TCP/IP Configuration Box

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SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Network client version 3.0 for MS-DOS Release Notes (README.TXT) suggests that you should be able to configure Domain Name Resolver (DNR) and Socket settings by choosing an Advanced button in the Network Client MS-TCP/IP configuration dialog box. This is a documentation error; no such button exists.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS, version 3.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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RESOLUTION

To enable DNR or Sockets, modify the appropriate settings in the TCPUTILS.INI file and load the appropriate device drivers in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file as follows:

Using a text editor, add the following lines to the TCPUTILS.INI file:
```
      [dnr]
      drivername=DNR$
      bindings=TCPIP
						
```
NOTE: The TCPUTILS.INI file can be found in the directory you specified for the Network Client software during setup (the default directory is C:\NET).
Add the following line to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (on the line above the NET START command):
<path>\DNR

To enable and configure Windows Sockets:

Make sure that SOCKETS.EXE resides in a directory that is in your path.
Add the following command to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (on the line immediately below the DNR command):
<path>\SOCKETS
Under the [sockets] heading, change
bindings=TCPIP_XIF
to:
bindings=TCPIP

This allows the TCPUTILS.INI file to correctly reference the [TCPIP] heading in the Network Client PROTOCOL.INI file. The PROTOCOL.INI file [TCPIP] section contains the current binding configuration information for the client.

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Examples

The following working examples CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, TCPUTILS.INI, and PROTOCOL.INI files correctly load TCP/IP, DNR, and Sockets.

WARNING: Do not use separator periods in the IP addresses. If you do, TCP/IP will not load.

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CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=20
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\  /P
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=C:\NET\IFSHLP.SYS

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AUTOEXEC.BAT

C:\NET\NET INITIALIZE
C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
PATH C:\NET;C:\DOS
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
C:\NET\NETBIND.COM
C:\NET\UMB.COM
C:\NET\TCPTSR.EXE
C:\NET\TINYRFC.EXE
C:\NET\NMTSR.EXE
C:\NET\EMSBFR.EXE
C:\NET\DNR.EXE
C:\NET\SOCKETS
C:\NET\NET START

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TCPUTILS.INI

[tcpglobal]
drivername=GLOBAL$
hostname=username

[sockets]
drivername=SOCKETS$
bindings=TCPIP
numsockets=4
numthreads=32
poolsize=3200
maxsendsize=1024

[DNR]
drivername=DNR$
bindings=TCPIP
nameserver0=199 198 45 45

[telnet]
drivername=TELNET$
bindings=TCPIP
nsessions=0
max_out_sends=0

NOTE: For more information on TCPUTILS.INI file entries not discussed in this article, please refer to Chapter 7 of the LAN Manager, "Microsoft TCP/IP Utilities User's Guide."

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PROTOCOL.INI

[network.setup]
version=0x3110
netcard=ms$elnk3,1,MS$ELNK3,1
transport=tcpip,TCPIP
lana0=ms$elnk3,1,tcpip

[TCPIP]
DefaultGateway0=22 100 0 1
NBSessions=6
SubNetMask0=255 255 0 0
IPAddress0=22 100 67 96
DisableDHCP=1
DriverName=TCPIP$
BINDINGS=MS$ELNK3
LANABASE=0
[protman]
DriverName=PROTMAN$
PRIORITY=MS$NDISHLP

[MS$ELNK3]
DriverName=ELNK3$

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REFERENCES

"Microsoft TCP/IP Utilities, User's Guide: Microsoft TCP/IP Utilities for LAN Manager," version 1.0, page 10, pgs. 121-126.

"Microsoft Network Client version 3.0 for MS-DOS Release Notes," (README.TXT), Microsoft Network Client version 3.0, NT 3.5 Server CD in the CLIENTS directory.

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Network Client 3.1

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KB128751

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