SNMP Agent Hangs on Very Long Queries

ID: Q140463

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SUMMARY

When an SNMP GET or WALK request with more than 32 elements is received by the SNMP Service on a Windows NT machine, the service will hang. Using Performance Monitor to examine threads for "snmp", it will be observed that thread 2 is sitting at 90% - 100% of user time.

The machine will continue to operate as a server, but no further SNMP requests will be processed.

RESOLUTION

This problem has been corrected in the latest Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.51.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 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

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : kbnetwork ntnetserv kbbug3.51 kbfix3.51.sp4 NTSrv
Version : 3.51
Platform : winnt
Issue type :