NET DIAG /STATUS Reports 0 Packets Transmitted and Received

• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51
• Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use TCP/IP only on an MS Network Client 3.0 or 3.11, the results of the command NET DIAG /STATUS show 0 packets transmitted and 0 packets received.

The following example output is from an MS Network Client installed from the Windows NT 3.51 Server compact disc with the TCP/IP protocol only. The command entered from the MS-DOS prompt is NET DIAG /STATUS to examine the local adapter status:

Remote Adapter STATUS

Adapter operational for 0 minutes.
254 Free ncbs out of 254 with 254 the maximum.
1 Sessions in use
6 Sessions allocated
0 packets transmitted 0 packets received.
0 retransmissions 0 retrys exhausted.
0 crc errors 0 alignment errors 0 collisions 0 Aborted transmissions.
name 2 LCTIMDI2 status 04
name 3 AGGIELAND status 84
The command completed successfully.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem and see the number of packets transmitted and received, use NetBEUI instead of the TCP/IP protocol.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Network Client versions 3.0 and 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : ntprotocol ntutil
Version : winnt:3.0,3.5,3.51
Platform : winnt
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