WFW Cannot Log On To WinNT Domain across SMC Token Ring Switch

ID: Q149818

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11

SYMPTOMS

Client computers running Microsoft Windows For Workgroups (WFW) and NWLINK on the IPXODI Support Driver (Token Ring) and that are connecting to a Windows NT domain controller across an SMC Elite Switch ES/1, will not be authenticated by the domain. Instead, the following error message is displayed:

   No domain server was available to validate your password. You were
   logged on without password validation.

CAUSE

The Token Ring switch changes the content of the Netlogon request packets that the computer running WFW sends to the domain controller. As a result, the domain controller does not recognize the Netlogon request and does not respond to it.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use the NDIS driver for your Token Ring card instead of the IPXODI Support Driver (Token Ring).

Keywords          : kb3rdparty ntdomain 
Version           : WinNT:3.5,3.51;WFW3.11
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: August 12, 1998