INFO: All Bound IP Addresses Do Not Appear in IIS MMC Drop-Down List Box (297265)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0
This article was previously published under Q297265

SUMMARY

When you administer Internet Information Server (IIS) through the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, a Web site's IP Address drop-down list box may not display all of the IP addresses that are bound to the network interfaces.

MORE INFORMATION

The IIS MMC snap-in uses either the gethostbyname or gethostbyaddr Windows Sockets function to obtain the list of IP addresses for a computer, depending on whether you specify a server name or server address, respectively. These functions use one of several methods (including WINS, DNS, the HOSTS file) to retrieve the IP addresses for a computer. For additional information about the order in which these methods are used, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

192128 PRB: gethostbyname() Retrieves Only One IP Address from WINS

To ensure that the IP list that is displayed is correct, confirm that all the necessary IP addresses are entered correctly for the local HOSTS file or the DNS server that is used for name resolution. If WINS is used for resolution, only one IP address may be returned. (See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 192128 for more information.)
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/15/2004
Keywords:kbinfo KB297265
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