That might be the only real way to do it sounds like something went wrong
during the upgrade process from XP to 7.

Jon

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 16:33, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > It's one subnet for everything in that office, with the firewall as
> > > the gateway, no managed switch (I've been trying for years to get one
> > > there).
> >
> >  Okay, so, basically, one big collision domain, one dumb switch.  A
> > wireless access point plugged into the switch.  Firewall/router
> > plugged into that same switch.  Yah?
>
> Broadcast domain, but yes, you are correct. I believe they've strung
> together a couple of switches, but not more than that.
>
> > > The machine that are unreachable are in a remote subnet - along with
> > > some machines that *are* reachable in that same subnet - and no other
> > > machine.
> >
> >  Hmmm, that's interesting.  Rules out most routing problems, unless
> > they're individual host routes.  Rules out firewall misconfigurations
> > the same way.  Rules out most data dependent problems.
>
> Which is why I was curios to pint out the routing table on the laptop.
> There were no anomalies on that.
>
> > > happening ... when he's wireless-only as well as wired-only
> >
> >  That rules out the network transceiver, or even the medium (cable).
> >
> >  Curiouser and curiouser.
> >
> >  I'd still check the MAC addresses with your sniffer, make sure the
> > frame's it's sending are indeed addressed to the firewall/gateway.
> > Although I can't imagine what would cause that, at this stage.  (I was
> > thinking a static ARP entry, but that would (again) break other things
> > on the same destination network.)
> >
> >  Can you walk someone through getting a sniffer going on another
> > machine, and plugging that in between the problem laptop and the
> > switch?  At this point I'm wondering if maybe what the sniffer on the
> > laptop is seeing isn't accurate (i.e., things are getting screwed up
> > further down in the network stack).
>
> If he wants to work on this further, I'll suggest that. He's made
> noises about wiping it and starting over, and that might be simplest.
>
> Kurt
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