Cannot Reconnect With Same IP Address to SLIP Server (125756)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q125756 SUMMARY
The Remote Access Service (RAS) utility, Remote Access, in Windows NT
version 3.5 supports connections to servers that use Serial Line Internet
Protocol (SLIP). If a RAS client makes and breaks a connection to a SLIP
server, it can no longer use the same IP address to reconnect to the SLIP
server.
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Unlike PPP, you are unable to configure Windows NT 3.5 RAS to use a
specific IP address from the SLIP server being dialed. The SLIP server will
assign the Windows NT 3.5 RAS client an IP address. Therefore, the RAS
client does not have the capacity to reuse the previous IP address when it
attempts to reconnect to the SLIP server after the initial connection is
broken.
Other design constraints involving RAS connections to SLIP servers include
the fact that a terminal interface window will always appear first during
the logon process to the SLIP server. There is no way to disable this
feature. Additionally, the RAS client will not disconnect from the SLIP
server until the SLIP server drops the Data Carrier Detect (DCD) signal. If
the modem through which RAS is making the SLIP connection does not drop the
DCD signal, the RAS client will not hang up.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/6/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbnetwork KB125756 |
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