Windows NT Server Stops Responding To Macintosh Clients (149214)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q149214 SYMPTOMS
Macintosh computers may temporarily stop responding when you access
information from a Windows NT Server that is running Services for Macintosh
(SFM). If the double network arrows displayed in the upper left corner no
longer flash, this may indicate that the Macintosh client is trying to
access the Windows NT Server. The Macintosh client will usually start
communicating within 30 to 40 seconds. This has only occurred in production
servers with large Macintosh volumes, (for example, more than 5 GB and more
than 100 Macintosh clients). When you run large programs and files off the
server, these same symptoms may appear due to the bandwidth required to
carry the information across the network.
CAUSE
Windows NT Server rebuilds an index related to each of the Macintosh
volumes, based on the number of changes to the volume (usually 1,000
changes),or the time since the previous re-index (usually 10 minutes). This
process may take up to a minute to accomplish, depending on the size of the
database, and is directly dependent on the number of files and directories
in the volume. During this operation,a request from a Macintosh client is
put on hold; this causes the Windows NT Server to appear to stop
responding.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51.
This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service
Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/4/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbnetwork KB149214 |
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