NET DIAG /STATUS Reports 0 Packets Transmitted and Received

• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
• Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS versions 3.0 and 3.11

SYMPTOMS

When you use TCP/IP only on an MS Network Client 3.0 or 3.11, the results of the command NET DIAG /STATUS show 0 packets transmitted and 0 packets received.

The following example output is from an MS Network Client installed from the Windows NT 3.51 Server compact disc with the TCP/IP protocol only. The command entered from the MS-DOS prompt is NET DIAG /STATUS to examine the local adapter status:

   Remote Adapter Status:

   Permanent node name: 08002B33257E

   Adapter operational for 0 minutes.
   254 Free ncbs out of 254 with 254 the maximum.
   1 Sessions in use
   6 Sessions allocated
   0 packets transmitted 0 packets received.
   0 retransmissions 0 retrys exhausted.
   0 crc errors 0 alignment errors 0 collisions 0 Aborted transmissions.
   name 2 LCTIMDI2          status 04
   name 3 AGGIELAND         status 84
   The command completed successfully.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem and see the number of packets transmitted and received, use NetBEUI instead of the TCP/IP protocol.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Network Client versions 3.0 and 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.