Why can Windows ® 95 “negotiate a compatible set of network protocols”?
We have observed that a small number of Windows ® 95 users seem to have occasional problems connecting. The symptom is that Windows ® 95 will dial the number, successfully login and then immediately fail during the PPP negotiation phase with a message similar to: “Dial up networking could not negotiate a compatible set of network protocols you specified in the server type setting”. Often rebooting the computer can clear the problem. Sometimes doing nothing but waiting a few minutes and then re-dialing will cause the problem to disappear. Some users must remove and then re-add the “TCP/IP” networking protocol to clear the problem. The primary cause for difficulty seems to be related to the NetBEUI, IPX/SPX, and TCP/IP protocols are used by default for a Dial-Up Networking “connectoid”(; “connectoid” is Microsoft’s name for the Dialup Networking configuration). However, for use with Internet Service Providers, nothing should be bound to the Dial-Up Networking Adapter but the standard Int
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