FP98: FrontPage Appears to Hang When You Use Dial-Up-Adapter (194237)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q194237 For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 153685.
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.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
- Find the Hosts file (located in the C:\Windows\ folder). If it does not
exist, rename Hosts.sam to Hosts.
- 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
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/3/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB194237 |
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