Agreed. If you're going to have a properly functioning home network, and you have VOIP & Tivo devices; simply using DHCP to manage the whole lot is not good procedure.
What about a network printer - those need hard IP's. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Markowitz To: Andrew Webber ; ThinkPad List Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] X300: multiple IP addresses Just set fixed addresses for all the devices that can do so. That's what I do. NO conflicts ever. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Webber" <[email protected]> To: "ThinkPad List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 4:23 PM Subject: [Thinkpad] X300: multiple IP addresses > This morning when I got up, there was a message about IP address > conflict. I clicked okay and everything was fine. This has happened > before but I'm not sure what to make of it. > > DHCP addresses are assigned in range 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.149, and > we have a printer with a static IP at 192.168.1.50 > > My router reports the X300 at .100, the T41p at .101, an ATA (VoIP) at > .102, and the X300 at .103 again (same MAC address). There should also > be a TiVo wireless adapter in there, not sure why it isn't. > > I know that yesterday the ATA was at .103 as I was logging in to > configure it. Don't know what the X300 and T41p were at yesterday. > > Is there anything in the X300 or T41p that might be causing this? Or > is it more likely the router (Linksys WRT55AG)? At first I wondered if > the Access Connections error was leaving the X300 disconnected, and > for some reason trying to get a new number ta 9:22:39 (I didn't click > away the error until about noon). But the 9:22:39 error (re: 101) > refers to the X300's MAC address (9D) and the 9:22:43 error (re: .100) > refers to a conflict with the T41p's MAC address (2B). > > Do these errors mean the X300 tried to get .101 but was refused, then > was told .100 was a conflict with the T41p (though the X300 has .100 > now)? The router still shows the X300 having both .100 and .103 though > ipconfig shows the X300 having .103. > > Thanks! > =aw > > > Here's the sequence of today's Errors from the Event Viewer: > > 3:14am Error: > Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program > Files\Lenovo\Access Connections\AcCryptHlpr.dll".Error in manifest or > policy file "C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Access > Connections\AcCryptHlpr.dll" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax. > > 9:22:39am Error: > The IP address lease 192.168.1.101 for the Network Card with network > address 0x??????????9D has been denied by the DHCP server 0.0.0.0 (The > DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message). > > 9:22:43am Error: > The system detected an address conflict for IP address 192.168.1.100 > with the system having network hardware address ??-??-??-??-??-2B. > Network operations on this system may be disrupted as a result. > > 9:22:43am Error: > An error has occurred in initializing the adapter 12. Error Code is > 0x1004 > > 9:22:43am Warning: > Your computer has detected that the IP address 0.0.0.0 for the Network > Card with network address 0x??????????9D is already in use on the > network. Your computer will automatically attempt to obtain a > different address. > > [bunch of warnings about DNS servers not responding] > > > > -- > Andrew mailto:[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
