FP: FrontPage Appears to Hang When You Use Dial-Up-Adapter

 Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q153685

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Dial-Up-Adapter to connect to the Internet and you are not currently connected, your computer may appear to hang (stop responding) when you use FrontPage Explorer or FrontPage TCP/IP Test.

CAUSE

If you are using DNS for name resolution, any call to the TCP/IP stack will attempt to resolve to an IP address. If you are not connected to your Internet service provider, there is no DNS server available. The computer will attempt to wait until a DNS server replies.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the following steps:

  1. Find the Hosts file (located in the C:\Windows\ folder). If it does not exist, rename Hosts.sam to Hosts.

  2. Open the Hosts file in a text editor (such as Notepad), and add the following line to the end of the file 

          127.0.0.1       <fqdn>

   where <fqdn> is the Fully Qualified Domain Name as specified on the
   DNS Configuration tab of the TCP/IP Properties tab (double-click
   the Network icon in Windows Control Panel). For example, if the Host is
   named Mycomputer and the Domain is called Mynetwork.com, you would add
   the following line to the Hosts file:

      127.0.0.1       mycomputer.mynetwork.com

Additional query words: Front Page 1.10 lock up freeze crash
Keywords : kbnetwork kbdta
Version : windows:1.1,97,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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