Article ID: 271708
Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
This article was previously published under Q271708
SYMPTOMS
When a TCP connection is closed correctly, the connection changes to a TIME_WAIT state. If a duplicate segment is received for the connection while it is in the TIME_WAIT state, it is acknowledged and dropped. This acknowledgement may send a packet with an incorrect TCP checksum.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For more 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:
Windows 2000
Date Time Version Size File name ----------------------------------------------------- 05-Dec-2000 09:51 5.0.2195.2785 323,088 Tcpip.sys
Windows NT4
Date Time Version Size File name ----------------------------------------------------- 24-Jul-2001 19:34 4.0.1381.7097 174,896 Tcpip.sys
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB271708
