Event ID 8006: The Browser Has Received an Illegal Datagram...

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

After you upgrade from Windows NT version 3.1 to Windows NT version 3.5, the following message appears in Event Viewer:

   Event ID: 8006
   Source: SRV
   Type: Error
   Description: The browser has received an illegal datagram from the
   remote computer <computer name> to name <domain name> on transport
   Nbf_Elnk31. The data is the datagram. 

CAUSE

This problem occurs when an illegally formed Netlogon frame is received from the client computer. Windows NT version 3.5 correctly identifies the illegal frame and reports it in the System Log.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, do one or all of the following:

• Upgrade to LAN Manager 2.2c or later.



• Upgrade to Network Client version 3.0 for MS-DOS (available from the Windows NT Server version 3.5 CD).



• Upgrade to Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 (available from the Windows NT Server version 3.5 CD).

MORE INFORMATION

Hexadecimal information from Event ID 8006:

   0000: 002c0000 00740004 00000000 80001f46
   0010: 00000000 c00000d0 00000116 00000000
   0020: 00000000 00000000 424d53ff 00000025
   0030: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
   0040: 57670000 056102d4 30000011 00000000
   0050: 02000000

   0000: 00 00 2c 00 04 00 74 00   ..,...t.
   0008: 00 00 00 00 46 1f 00 80   ....F..
   0010: 00 00 00 00 d0 00 00 c0   ....-..+
   0018: 16 01 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
   0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
   0028: ff 53 4d 42 25 00 00 00   SMB%...
   0030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
   0038: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
   0040: 00 00 67 57 d4 02 61 05   ..gW+.a.
   0048: 11 00 00 30 00 00 00 00   ...0....
   0050: 00 00 00 02               .... 

Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodnt reskit

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