Microsoft KB Archive/149878

= Protocol Does Not Bind to Token Ring Network Card =

Article ID: 149878

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q149878



SUMMARY
Token Ring congestion and/or error messages may prevent network protocols from binding correctly to a Token Ring network card. There have been situations where TCP/IP failed to bind and NetBEUI succeeded to bind.

This article explains why one or more protocols do not bind to the network card.



MORE INFORMATION
After initializing, the adapter is opened for ring communication by a DIR.OPEN.ADAPTER command. This command is issued by every protocol. If a 0x00 return code (success) is received, the adapter is in automatic receive mode and frames may be transmitted and received using the direct interface.

However, under certain circumstances DIR.OPEN.ADAPTER (NdisOpenAdapter in NDIS source code) returns NDIS_STATUS_OPEN_FAILED with Adapter Open Error 59 which means the adapter detected that a ring parameter server is present on the ring, but that the required response has not been received in the allotted time. This indicates that the ring might be congested, experiencing a high bit-error rate, or losing an abnormally high number of tokens or frames (IBM LAN Technical Reference, page B-57.)

Because an error is returned, the protocol does not bind to the network card. The physical network should be investigated.

Additional query words: 4.00 prodnt ipconfig

Keywords: kbnetwork KB149878

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