Print Queue Backs Up When Connected to NetWare Server Through LPR
Article ID: 183203
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q183203
SYMPTOMS
Your Windows NT Print Server may back up or not complete print jobs when it
is configured to send print jobs to a Novell NetWare Server through line
printer remote (LPR).
CAUSE
The Novell NetWare server may be resetting the Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP) ports.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue you will need to contact Novell technical support.
For information about how to contact Novell, query in the Knowledge
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STATUS
Novell NetWare is manufactured by Novell, a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this
products' performance or reliability.
MORE INFORMATION
In high volume print environments, more then ten print jobs may queue up in
the print spooler at the same time. Per RFC 1179, each one of these jobs
opens a TCP session with the receiving line printer daemon (LPD) server.
Although multiple sessions are expected behavior, when the Novell NetWare
server sees that more than ten sessions are trying to setup from the same
source address it incorrectly thinks it is under a SYN attack. To defend
itself from this, it resets all connections from the source IP address.
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