On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:21:37AM -0800, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: > Here's an example from yesterday. My new laptop is Vista (the old one has > a concrete floor induced broken screen). There is a device somewhere on my > network that is answering arp requests incorrectly. No matter what IP addy > I put on the Vista machine (or osx for that matter) it shows an IP address > conflict and resorts to a 169.x.x.x IP addy. > > Any OS other than osx or Vista (both MS products these days) works just > fine. So I have a brand new laptop that won't work here and I'm gonna have > to waste who knows how much time tracing down a device, and spend money > replacing it, that is otherwise working just fine.
As much as I dislike Windows, you can't really blame that issue on Windows. You have to blame that one on the bogus hardware which is breaking arp... > like Quicken these days. I'd pay MORE for a program that just balanced my > checkbook and gave me some nice reports. I'm sick and tired of everyone > trying to force services and other crap down my throat. http://moneydance.com/ -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
