Cheyenne InocuLAN May Cause Broadcast Storm

ID: Q170040

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SYMPTOMS

When using InocuLAN on a Windows NT network, you may experience large amounts of WINS name queries and broadcast storms. If you use Microsoft Network Monitor, you will see a large number of WINS queries for workgroup or domain names, and then broadcasts after the WINS queries fail.


CAUSE

By default, InocuLAN is configured to automatically discover Windows NT domains. The default values for Auto Discovery and Heartbeat Update Interval are 24 hours and 1 minute, respectively.

If a domain is manually entered and/or automatically discovered in Service Manager, and then later becomes unavailable or invalid, you will receive 3 NS Queries every 60 seconds for each invalid domain.


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, remove the invalid workgroup or domain names from InocuLAN's Service Manager. To do this, perform the following steps;

  1. In Service Manager, click Broadcast Configuration from the Service menu.


  2. In the Broadcast Configuration box, click the NT Domains tab.


  3. Remove the invalid workgroup or domain names.



STATUS

This problem occurs when you use Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 and InocuLAN.


MORE INFORMATION

For further information or support on InocuLAN, contact Cheyenne.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: storm Internet Name naming Service services InnocuLAN Computer Associates 


Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbnetwork NTInterop ntnetserv nttcp 
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 19, 1999