""Ken Diliberto"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Wait!! I know: > > 1 - Turn off the ports to the help desk so they will call you (you > can't call them because you can only use tools on the router or switch). > You can then have them change the fixed IP address on the old machine > since it's the one causing the conflict. :-) > > 2 - That depends on how aggressive the machine is. It may ask if the > address is in use or it might just tell everyone else the address is in > use. > > > You *did* say to have fun. :-)
reminds me of a similar happening in a netwrok I used to manage. We started having problems with a particular user who traveled regularly, and when he returned to the office, his laptop acted up. he kept getting this dup ip address error. We were all on DHCP, but you know how Windows 95 was about that. In any case, the dup ip error box pops up on both computers, as you know. so I sent out an e-mail to everyone, asking them to call the help desk and report if they saw this dup ip box on their screen. nothing happened. few days later, after our wandering user return from another trip, I happened to be walking around in a certain part of the office. Low and behold, there on the screen of one of the broker's pc's was the dup ip dialogue box we had asked people to report. I pointed it out to the user, and asked why he didn't report it. he said "oh - I read your e-mail, but I didn't think this was what you were talking about" users. especially if they are brokers ;-> oh yeah - the solution was to eliminate that particular IP from the DHCP scope. for some reason the Win NT server we were using for DHCP would not play nicely with that particvular address. Once we made the change the problem did not occur again. one of those %^$%&$%%@ things, I guess. > > >>> "John Neiberger" 07/31/03 03:29PM > >>> > [snip] > > 1. Using tools available only on the router or switch, how do you find > out > exactly which IP address is causing the conflict? > > 2. Hint: how might a device determine if its own IP address is in use? > > Have fun! > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=73328&t=73323 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
