Error Message: The Server Name \\<Servername> Is Invalid

ID: Q195634

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to use the Net Watcher tool to administer a Novell NetWare server, you may receive the following error message:

The server name \\<servername> is invalid


CAUSE

This problem can occur if the server name contains more than seventeen characters. Net Watcher truncates characters after the seventeenth character, which results in the server not being found.


RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, contact your network administrator and request that the NetWare server name be changed to seventeen characters or less.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98. 


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbtool win95 win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:95,98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 30, 1999