I would definitely go with Glen's suggestion then. A lot of devices have a default 192.168 address type. My boss designed this network as 192.168.x.x, and we have had a few issues with home-brew routers being installed and screwing with our network transmissions.
On 30 March 2010 16:05, Eric Brouwer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- "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/> ~
