New Ping Tool Prevents Hanging Other TCP/IP Stacks

ID: Q162542

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 1
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2.1

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Ping tool (Ping.exe) to test IP communication to a network resource, the networked computer or other device may stop responding (hang), or other errors may occur.

CAUSE

Under some conditions, it is possible for the version of Ping.exe included with Windows 95 to send an IP packet that would be considered an invalid IP datagram. This may cause some systems to hang or encounter other errors.

RESOLUTION

This issue is resolved by the following updated files for Windows 95:


   PING.EXE version 4.00.1381.3 (dated 12/14/96) and later
   MSVCRT.DLL version 4.20.6164 (dated 6/17/96) and later

These files are included in the self-extracting PINGUPD.EXE file.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

pingupd.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

STATUS

This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION

A computer running Windows NT or Windows 95 does not experience the symptoms described above, but these symptoms may occur on other systems such as Unix hosts, Macintosh computers, or network printers.

Additional query words: crash crashing

Keywords : kbfile kbnetwork kbtool osr2 win95
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
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