It didn't to me, but I've never done RPC programming on Windows; only SunRPC on 
UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems. SunRPC is extremely resilient. I would 
hope Windows RPC is as well.

I would presume that that is the DCOM "method" he is referring to. But I don't 
know that.

From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:47 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: TCP/IP stack reset

That answer also sounds kind of BS to me. I'm not sure it makes technical sense 
all the way through.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

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From: Michael B. Smith 
[mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: TCP/IP stack reset

Sounds like a poorly implemented solution.

From: Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: TCP/IP stack reset

This was his reply...

In windows there is only one TCP/IP stack even if a server (or workstation) has 
multiple NIC cards in it. Therefore the reset of ANY NIC card on a windows 
computer causes the TCP/IP stack on the computer to reset. The problem is that 
BroadView uses two communications methods. One, the newer one, does not care or 
is bothered by the stack resets. Unfortunately the other method, the older one, 
is based on DCOM (a Microsoft technology) which is sensitive to a TCP/IP stack 
reset. When a reset happens it effectively breaks that part of BroadView. Thus 
some parts of BroadView (like form operations) continue after a TCP/IP stack 
reset, but other parts are broken and can only be fixed by restarting BroadView 
and can cause the BroadView application server to outright crash.

 So, if the NIC on the server was going bad and kept resetting it would break 
BroadView. If the switch port that the server is connected to resets, it would 
cause the stack to reset and again break BroadView. If the cable between the 
server and the switch is failing it can cause the stack to reset and again, 
BroadView would break.

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Daniel Chenault 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
If the stack is resetting than it is dropping all current connections. This 
would be evident in the trace by workstationA sending a packet to ServerA with 
a response of RST. Following that would be the standard 3-way TCP handshake.

I question the robustness of an app that cannot gracefully handle a reset from 
another layer. I also question why the stack would be resetting frequently 
enough to be an issue. Resetting a specific connection, sure, but the whole 
stack? Dubious allegation. Check the trace.

Daniel Chenault
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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From: Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: TCP/IP stack reset

Morning/afternoon all...
I have a particular application that is giving me headaches.  It is 
client/server based app that is constantly crashing.  The vendor is saying it 
is a network issue:  that the network stack is resetting causing one of the 
services to crash.  I've updates the NIC drivers, the HP team drivers and 
checked the switches and even changed the ports on the switch.  I've install 
wireshark, but am having some difficulty interpreting the capture logs.  Any 
ideas on what to look for would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks


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