Unsuccessful Appletalk Winsock Connection Using WSARECV()

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use a program that calls the WSARECV() function to communicate with a Windows NT version 4.0 server over a Winsock connection with the AppleTalk protocol, the program does not establish a successful connection to the server. However, when you use the same program to connect to a Windows NT version 3.51 server, the program works correctly.

CAUSE

Programs using a Winsock connection to a Windows NT 4.0 server may require Winsock 2.0 support. Prior to Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3, there are no provisions for Winsock 2.0 functionality in Windows NT Server 4.0.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q152734
TITLE : How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 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: SP2 SP4 sockets

Keywords : kbnetwork ntmac kbAPI kbSDKPlatform kbWinsock kbGrpNet
Version : WinNT:4.00
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug