Product

Operating system

Microsoft^® Windows Server^® 2003

Error

• General Network error
• Communication link failure
• A transport-level error

Symptoms

Various network problems may occur, such as general network errors, communication link failures, dropped or refused connections, and slow performance on servers with Broadcom^® NetXtreme II™ converged network interface controllers (C-NICs).

Solution

Disable the TCP Chimney Offload feature.

1. Select Start > Run, type cmd, and press ENTER.
2. Type Netsh int ip set chimney DISABLED, and press ENTER.

You do not need to restart the server.

See also

Microsoft Support article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942861

Keywords

Technical contact

Philip Samaniego

Submitted by

Plamen Marinov

Date submitted