No VMWare at all on the network. Only one NIC in the box in question. On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:03 AM, James Rankin wrote:
> 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." > > > > > 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/> ~
