Netstat Counters Are Reset to Zero When You Transfer More Than 4 GB of Data over a LAN (307106)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
This article was previously published under Q307106

SYMPTOMS

When you view the counters in the Netstat.exe utility, you may find that the counters are reset to zero (0).

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you transfer more than 4 gigabytes (GB) of data over a local area network (LAN).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Netstat is a command line utility that displays information about the active TCP connections, the ports on which the computer is listening, Ethernet statistics, the IP routing table, IPv4 statistics (for the IP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP protocols), and IPv6 statistics (for the IPv6, ICMPv6, TCP over IPv6, and UDP over IPv6 protocols).
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/18/2001
Keywords:kbnetwork kbprb KB307106
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