Microsoft KB Archive/309094

= NdisMSetMiniportSecondary Function Does Not Configure Miniport Adapter to the Secondary Role =

Article ID: 309094

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q309094



SYMPTOMS
Under the following conditions, NdisMSetMiniportSecondary returns a NDIS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED status during a call to NdisMSetMiniportSecondary with a promoted miniport as a primary port:
 * 1) You have two network adapters that are initially bundled as primary and secondary.
 * 2) You turn off the primary network adapter, and then promote the secondary network adapter by using NdisMPromoteMiniport.
 * 3) You turn on the primary network adapter again, and then call NdisMSetMiniportSecondary.



CAUSE
This problem may occur because NDIS does not process this request correctly.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date         Time   Version        Size     File name -  05-Oct-2001  11:07  5.0.2195.4477  162,288  Ndis.sys



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbNetworking

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kbnetwork kbhotfixserver KB309094

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