Anything on 192.168 might do it. VMWare Workstation being installed will add some extra NICs with 192.168 addresses. That isn't installed on the machine in question is it?
On 30 March 2010 15:58, Glen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe a wild shot, but we had this problem once. > Is the default gateway 192.168.0.1? > Vendor brought in a DVR with had a static ip configured to that same. > Chased that one down for quite a while. > Could be someone brought in a wap or other device with same ip as the > default gateway. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Strange network issue > > Good morning, > > I'm having a very odd networking issue with one computer in the > office. The machine in question is an HP box running XP Pro and is > used for video editing. When the editor tries to access network > resources, he sometimes loses his network connection and his process > basically locks up. This happens during simple file transfers through > Explorer. > > Here's where it gets weird... > > I started a continuos ping (ping -t) to the file server in question, > and everything looks great. No lost packets at all. I then ran the > same ping to the default gateway and I'm seeing a lot of Request time > outs. I'd say 10-15% of the ping requests fail. > > Any idea why I'd have trouble pinging the DG, but not a resource on > the other side of the DG? > > Thank you, > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > [email protected] > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
