Q112842: Locating the Source of AppleTalk Error 48

Article: Q112842
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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When you are running Services for Macintosh, there may be multiple occurrences
of AppleTalk error 48 in the event viewer. These errors may be caused by a
faulty network card on one of the computers.

MORE INFORMATION
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To locate the address of the computer with the faulty network card, look at the
error message.

Example
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  Date: 11/22/93                            Event ID: 48
  Time: 10:19:32 AM                         Source: Apple Talk
  User: N/A                                 Type: Warning
  Computer: JIAN                            Category: None

  Description:

  Packet received on adapter "<AdapterName>" contained errors and is not
  being accepted.

  Data: (x)Bytes ( )Words

  0000: 00 00 3c 00 02 00 90 00   ..<... .
  0008: 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 80   ....0..
  0010: bf 07 03 00 01 00 01 00   ........
  0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
  0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
  0028: aa aa 03 00 00 00 80 f3   aa....
  0030: 00 01 80 9b 06 04 00 01   .. .....
  0038: 08 00 02 03 52 31 00 01   ....R1..
  0040: 0e 01 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
  0048: 00 01 0f 50 00 00 ff ff   ...P..
  0050: ff ff ff ff 80 01 00 00   yyyy ...
  0058: 00 01 00 dd 01 0b b7 a6   ...y..
  0060: 80 20 00 00                ...

In this example of an AppleTalk error 48, 0800020352310001 is the address of the
computer with the bad network card:

After you have this address, you can use a tracing program to see whose computer
it is and then correct the problem.

Additional query words: prodnt SFM MacFile MacPrint
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Keywords          : kbinterop 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTAdvSerSearch kbWinNTAdvServ310 kbWinNT310Search
Version           : 3.1

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