| Event Id | 4243 |
| Source | WINS |
| Description | WINS Pull thread encountered an error during the process of sending a push notification to another WINS. The error code is given in the data section. Data Words: 0000: 00000a07 e0000008 |
| Event Information | Possible Causes for the WINS 4243 Event Messages: You may receive this event message if any of the following conditions are true: 1) You did not configure the replication partnership correctly. 2) The WINS service is not running on the replication partner. 3) A WINS server has a Pull partner, but the WINS service is not installed on the Pull partner. In this situation, the target server replies with a "TCP Reset" packet. 4) A WINS server has a Pull partner, but the Pull partner is not reachable for any reason. In this situation, a "TCP Sync" packet is sent, but nothing is received (a "TCP Syn-Ack" packet is not returned). Resolution for the WINS 4243 Event Messages: To resolve the WINS 4243 event message, perform a Network Monitor trace to find all the obsolete replication partners, and then remove all the obsolete replication partners. Note: To identify WINS push or pull replication traffic, examine the traffic on TCP port 42. You can pre-filter the trace for frames on this port. To perform a Network Monitor trace: 1) Look up the exact timestamp of the error in the system event log of the WINS server that receives the WINS error 4243, and then find occurrences of TCP SYN or RESET frames at that time in the trace. 2) Search the trace for frames where the TCP Flags property includes "Reset the connection." The WINS service is not installed or is not running on the computer that sent the TCP Reset. 3) Filter for SYN (Synchronize Sequence numbers) packets. 4) Search the trace for frames where the TCP Flags property includes "Synchronize Sequence numbers," and then determine if all these frames were answered. 5) An obsolete replication partner is a server that sends a TCP Reset packet or a server that does not answer. Remove the obsolete replication partners from the list of replication partners for your WINS server. 6) If W |
| Reference Links | Troubleshooting WINS Error Event ID 4102, 4243, 4242, and 4286 Messages |
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