SDLC Multidrop Primary Configuration Problems

 Last reviewed: February 1, 1996
Article ID: Q135490
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft SNA Server for Windows NT, version 2.11

SYMPTOMS

You have the following SDLC multidrop primary configuration problem:

  • If you assign a multidrop primary connection to a link service once, you are unable to assign other connections to it.

    -or-

  • If you assign a non-multidrop primary connection to a link service, for example, a peer to host connection, you cannot assign a multidrop primary connection to the link service.

These symptoms do not occur on standard SDLC leased or switched connections to host systems where you select the Host system option in the SNA Admin Connection Properties dialog box.

NOTE: A multidrop connection is a connection through which one primary computer communicates with multiple secondary computers. SNA Server supports multidrop connections to peer or downstream computers on leased SDLC lines. You can configure up to four multidrop connections on each line, with an SNA server as the primary server on each.

CAUSE

There is a problem in SNAADMIN.EXE.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has updated the file SNAADMIN.EXE to correct this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server for Windows NT. This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server for Windows NT, 2.11 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

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug2.11
KBSubcategory: ntnetserv
Additional reference words: prodsna 2.11

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Last reviewed: February 1, 1996
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