Re: Receiving ERROR_BAD_NETPATH using WNetAddConnection3 using IP addr

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Unfortunately we don't support dotted decimal notation when specifying the server name. You will have to continue using the netbios name to get this working.

Regards,
Alexander T. Bussmann [MSFT]
alexbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E16B00B7-547A-438A-889A-EEDD3B14A4DC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello. I'm working in WinCE 5.0 connecting to a network share on a WinXP box
using WNetAddConnection3. When I connect using a UNC containing the target
machine's computer name, everything works as expected (e.g.
"\\server\share"). When I attempt to connect using a UNC with an IP address,
the function WNetAddConnection3 returns ERROR_BAD_NETPATH (e.g.
"\\192.168.1.2\share") even though it's the same share as the one above.

What could I be missing that would allowing the first one to work while the
second one fails?

Thanks,
Dan

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