WinSock Recvfrom() now returns WSAECONNRESET instead of blocking or timing out (263823)

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: A new sockets IOCTL called "SIO_UDP_CONNRESET" has been introduced in Windows 2000. When this IOCTL is used, the program must be rewritten specifically for Windows 2000 to obtain the original Windows NT 4.0 behavior. Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows 98 have no support for this new IOCTL. In addition to rewriting your application, you will need the hotfix referenced further down in this article.

The following code snippet demonstrates a technique that can be used to call WSAIoctl with the SIO_UDP_CONNRESET control code to obtain the original Windows NT 4.0 behavior.

DWORDdwBytesReturned = 0;
BOOLbNewBehavior = FALSE;
DWORDstatus;

// disable  new behavior using
// IOCTL: SIO_UDP_CONNRESET
status = WSAIoctl(sd, SIO_UDP_CONNRESET,
&bNewBehavior, sizeof(bNewBehavior),
                   NULL, 0, &dwBytesReturned,
                   NULL, NULL);

if (SOCKET_ERROR == status)
{
DWORD dwErr = WSAGetLastError();
if (WSAEWOULDBLOCK == dwErr)
{
// nothing to do
return(FALSE);
}
else
{
printf("WSAIoctl(SIO_UDP_CONNRESET) Error: %d\n", dwErr);
return(FALSE);
}
}
				

To be able to compile this code, you need either to have the latest Mswsock.h which includes the definition of SIO_UDP_CONNRESET or to insert below definition of it directly into your code.

// MS Transport Provider IOCTL to control
// reporting PORT_UNREACHABLE messages
// on UDP sockets via recv/WSARecv/etc.
// Path TRUE in input buffer to enable (default if supported),
// FALSE to disable.
#defineSIO_UDP_CONNRESET_WSAIOW(IOC_VENDOR,12)
				

Note The hotfix that is described in this article will not resolve the problem unless the program is rewritten to use the new SIO_UDP_CONNRESET IOCTL.

In order to compile this code, it is necessary to have the latest Platform SDK installed on your computer. This is available from the following MSDN Web site: