New Ping Tool Prevents Hanging Other TCP/IP Stacks

 Last reviewed: April 22, 1997
Article ID: Q162542
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release versions 1, 2, 2.1

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Ping tool (Ping.exe) to test IP communication to a network resource, the networked computer or other device may stop responding (hang), or other errors may occur.

CAUSE

Under some conditions, it is possible for the version of Ping.exe included with Windows 95 to send an IP packet that would be considered an invalid IP datagram. This may cause some systems to hang or encounter other errors.

RESOLUTION

This issue is resolved by the following updated files for Windows 95: 

   PING.EXE version 4.00.1381.3 (dated 12/14/96) and later
   MSVCRT.DLL version 4.20.6164 (dated 6/17/96) and later
These files are included in the self-extracting PINGUPD.EXE file.

The following file(s) are available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: 

 ~ Pingupd.exe (size: 296456 bytes)
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

MORE INFORMATION

A computer running Windows NT or Windows 95 does not experience the symptoms described above, but these symptoms may occur on other systems such as Unix hosts, Macintosh computers, or network printers.

Additional query words: 95 crash crashing
Keywords : kbfile kbnetwork kbtool osr2 win95
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 22, 1997
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