Snmptrap.exe Ignores Trap Messages That Are Larger Than 8192 Bytes

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This article was previously published under Q301945

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SYMPTOMS

The Snmptrap.exe tool is a client process that receives SNMP trap messages. When a trap message is larger than 8 kilobytes (KB), Snmptrap.exe may not process the message correctly.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time      Version        Size     File name
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   6/28/2001   04:50p   5.0.2195.3797    7952    Snmptrap.exe

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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