DHCP Scope Marked "Bad" After Windows NT Service Pack 3 Installation

• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0 SP3, 4.0 SP4

SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 3 on a Windows NT-based computer that has the Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) service installed, TCP/IP addresses in one or more DHCP scopes may be displayed as "BAD". Entire scopes may be displayed this way when an internetworking device (such as a router), is not functioning properly, or the DHCP service receives an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packet coded with the destination unreachable flag.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server version 4.0 Service Packs 3 and 4. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT version 4.0 Service Pack 5.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbnetwork ntdomain ntsp kbbug4.00 nt4sp5fix 
Version           : winnt:4.0 SP3,4.0 SP4
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 7, 1999