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IPX Doesn't Function Correctly over Token Ring Source Routing

Article ID: 161714

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q161714

SYMPTOMS

When you try to log on to a File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) server running on Windows NT 4.0 in a Token Ring environment where the client is separated from the server by multiple source routing bridges, the following error is returned:

Shell-332-76: Network Error on Server "servername":
Error Receiving from Network;
Abort, Retry, ?

The above error is what you would get on a Novell-only client. A VLM client gives a similar error.

CAUSE

Not enough buffer space is allocated to accommodate the Routing Information Field on the FPNW server.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork KB161714