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]
>
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